I shall conclude with acquainting you, that at the corner of the court of this temple, near the present entrance, there lie some large bases of marble, which (as we were informed) were taken out of the sea at about a mile’s distance from Pozzuolo, and are inscribed DVSARI SACRUM. What was the original situation of these monuments, it may not be possible now to ascertain. As for DVSARES mentioned in the inscription upon them, G. Vossius[67] (upon the authority of Tertullian, and Stephanus Byzantius) makes him to have been an Arabian deity, the same as Bacchus or Sol according to the Roman theology. That learned man is likewise inclined to think, that the name DVSARES is compounded of two Hebrew words; one of which signifies _joy_, and the other, _the earth_, i. e. mortals, who inhabit it. This etymology properly expresses the genial effects of the sun, which makes glad the heart of man by ripening the fruits of the earth, especially the grape: Whence Virgil calls wine, _Munera lætitiamque Dei._ Æn. i. _v._ 640. and stiles Bacchus the fabled inventer of it, ----_Bacchus lætitiæ dator._ Ib. _v._ 738. I am, +SIR,+ With the greatest respect, Your most obedient humble Servant, J. Nixon. London, March 14. 1757. XXII. _Some Remarks on a_ Parthian _Coin with a_ Greek _and_ Parthian _Legend, never before published. In a Letter from the Rev._ John Swinton, _M.A. of_ Christ-Church, Oxon. _F.R.S. to the Rev._ Thomas Birch, _D.D. Secret. R. S._ [Read Mar. 24, 1757.] Reverend Sir,