I may as well observe that the adjective Lartian is derived from Lars (or lord), in contradistinction to the adjective Larian derived from Lar (or household god).
His rod the Augur waves above the ground,
And cries, "In Tina's name I bless the soil."
Tina was the Jove of the Etrurians. The mode in which this people (whose mysterious civilization so tasks our fancy and so escapes from our researches) appropriated a colony, is briefly described in the text. The Augur made lines in the air due north, south, east, and west, marked where the lines crossed upon the earth; then he and the chiefs associated with him sate down, covered their heads, and waited some approving omen from the gods. The Etrurian Augurs were celebrated for their power over the electric fluid. The vulture was a popular bird of omen in the founding of colonies. See Niebuhr, Muller, &c.
Tombs only speak the Etrurian's language;—hurl'd.
The Etrurian language perished between the age of Augustus and that of Julian.—Leitch's Muller on Ancient Art.
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To dust the shrines of Naith;—the serpents hiss.
Naith, the Egyptian goddess.