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The King keeps intelligent guides at Pom
pcl for the two-iold purpose of showing visit
ors through the city and protecting its treas
urC- We were Fortunate in addition 70 the in
formation given by the guide in having Mr..
Morris, our representative &c this government
who knows Pompeii az he knows his own civ
OF Philadelphia, with US. Having wandered
Tor three hours, which took us about two-thrds
through the city, we sat down upon the broken
wall OF the Tribunal, in view of the Pantheon,
the lheater, NC, NC, to our lunch. n. listening
our bread with Falcrnan wine, distilled from
vineyards growing over city, whose inhabit-
ants, eighteen centuries ago, held this beynrspe
ns fit for their gods. Having discussed our
yiands, we resumed and completed our plo,;t,,-
age, passing out of the city at a gate With
opened upon an Appian Way that led to Rome,
on either side Of which for some distance were
tombs. | wish it were possible TO mpart IN
trends even faint idea Of the soemnity and
inpressiveness of Pompei. Though WALKING
literally among the tombs, all the aspects of
Pcmpell are cheerful. The streets are clean.
and around Won is n stiffness in harmony with
the scene and its associations You lock ND,
on smoking Vcsuvius, down which the burning
lava ran, making for itself channels winch still
remain.
Having thus explored Pompeii, we repaired
to the Museum, where its recovered treasures
ere deposited and here again, mingled amaze
ment and admiration, with even Increased in
tcnSlty, are awakened, These treasures (be-
! longing in part to Herculaneum) fill eight spa
cious halls, each devoted 10 classified articles.
/ The room we visited first contains kitchen fur
nture Of every conceivable description, mostly
( in bronze, and bearing a strong resemblance
/ To articles now In use. In this department of
| domestic life the Pompeans were not behind
those of our day. An adjoining room is devo-
ted to Etruscan vases of beautiful FORM In
this room, also, are several magnificent Mo-
salcs. Then comes room devoted to glass in
various coors, and for nearly all the purposes
for which it is now used. And vet, while this
Knowledge belonged to the buried inhabitants
Of Fompei nearly two thousand wears ago. i,s
uses and its existence were comparatively IN.
known in England a thousand years after
, wards Another room is devoted to sacri6ci4l
vases and other appendages of heather worship
among which are vessels for incense, idols.
deties, Sc. Sc. Then comes a room devr-
ted to weights, measures, scales, lamp. candle
abras NC, &c, among which are STEWARDS
with the name Of Augustus inscribed under
figures Of Romuus and Remus. These att
Giles shcw higher state of civlzato in this
resrect than existed in England during the
.ucoaeJ irtesd d ID. |re .''' T ayes oS
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ron s,octs r,nrJ ~ e.o a',,.,e'' ,"o.uu
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fonrd in ,hc h,tb bonsaS to,,no, ,,,S 800 h..
reof seDnc the cone no.c WV vs. T.o
holl, of yar;ons 20 i' , ~ Ivy
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noyary. ,,irrors nn,,a ,ioI.a,.! ',nnoa, :.
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,,o os,'r' 90 ,,t', W.,
maSfrtIaneS' ana E'ndr'd a'nn'emen''' Among
quite a"idcnt that Htcchus and Venus were
most popular,
~, G"o'.',, -, uel,l> are !" room tn
This -oom is d,orod with Mosaic fakon from
pompcii There carefully nresorved in ras :