Note 1 — Chapter I

Since the above remarks were written, public attention has been called to this neglected relic of antiquity through the all-powerful medium of The Times. In such hands the question may be very safely left; but surely the nation that can throw away untold sums on a fabric like the Marble Arch, can spare £2,000 for the preservation of this fine column, which, transplanted to English soil, might commemorate the deeds of an Abercrombie or a Nelson.