On her deck kneels a female, clothed in mourning; mark the wo upon her countenance,--how cunningly the artist has conveyed its depth and desolation; she stretches out her arms in prayer, she implores your and Heaven's assistance.

Mark now the superscription--'This is Rome!'-- Yes, it is your country that addresses you in this emblem!" The crowd waved to and fro, and a deep murmur crept gathering over the silence which they had hitherto kept.
"Now," continued Pandulfo, "turn your gaze to the right of the picture, and you will behold the cause of the tempest,--you will see why the fifth vessel is thus perilled, and her sisters are thus wrecked.

Mark, four different kinds of animals, who, from their horrid jaws, send forth the winds and storms which torture and rack the sea.

The first are the lions, the wolves, the bears.

These, the inscription tells you, are the lawless and savage signors of the state.