CHAP. 25.—THE VIRGIN WATERS.
It was he, too, who brought the Virgin [Note] Waters from the
bye-road situate at the eighth milestone from the City, which
runs for two miles along the Prænestine Way. Near these
waters is the stream of Hercules, which the former shun, to
all appearance, and have thence obtained [Note] the name of "Virgin
Waters." On instituting a comparison between the waters of
these streams, the difference above-mentioned [Note] may be immediately detected, the Virgin water being as much cooler to
the touch, as the Marcian water is in taste. And yet, for this
long time past, the pleasure of drinking these waters has been
lost to the City, owing to the ambition and avarice of certain
persons who have turned [Note] them out of their course for the
supply of their country-seats and of various places in the suburbs,
to the great detriment of the public health.
