dian in combat, ferocious; and at the feet of the warriors is the form of a dead Indian, which is thought admirably to express the proud spirit of a fallen savage, unsubdued even in death. This is by Causici. Some years ago, a band of Winnebagos came through the Rotundo. They were all noble looking fellows, dressed in their own barbaric uniform. Their faces were painted of various colors, and in their belts were their scalping knives and tomahawks, and over their backs their long iron looking bows and arrows. As they were passing through the Rotundo, their attention was arrested by this group of statuary---Boone killing the Indian. They formed a semi-circle, and the head man stepped forward and stood before the rest. They looked intently for some moments, scrutinizing and recognizing every part of the scene, and suddenly, as of one impulse, they raised their dreadful war-cry and ran hurriedly from the hall.

Over the eastern door is represented the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers upon the rock of Plymouth. The boat has just touched the

foot of the rock, and in the prow is a Pilgrim in the act of landing. His little son seems to caution him ere he ventures among the savages. But the mother, with her eyes elevated to Heaven, places her trust there, and restrains the boy. Seated on the rock is an Indian, holding m his hand an ear of corn, as an emblem of friendship. The conception of this work is noble-how could it be otherwise, commemorating one of the sublimest incidents in the annals of mankind?

In a panel over the western door of the Rotundo, is the rescue of Captain Smith from the Indians, by the Indian Princess Pocahontas, executed by Cappalano.

The Hall of the Representatives is in the second story of the south wing, and is of the form of the ancient Grecian theatre. The chord of the largest dimension is ninety-six feet. The height to the highest point of the ceiling of the dome is sixty feet. This room is surrounded by twenty-four columns of variegated marble, from the banks of the Potomac, with capitals of white Italian marble, carved,