The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-24
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 O. the uhoae, thMe appears good rsa- sen Sbr putting tho seenl numher of hu- maA be;nss vAo peEisAed at nompesi, in the eruption, q tsnzf as hiRh a lloo. To these should be added the skesesoas Of three dogs, seven horses, eleven hens, two torsoises, fteen pigs. ten oxen, and the bones of fiffecn other animals. The remains of one of these dogs were found in the porch of the House oi Orpheus. 7 and the cast which Signor Fiorelli has taken brings before us ~ith painful vividness one ot the minor tragedies of that awful day. The poor beast was chained at his post. and in the general panic and confusion no ono remembered to let him loose. The chain lay by the remains when they were found, and 1t vas evident that the creature had strained his tcther to the utmost in the effort to keep himself above the masses of ash and pumice-stone that rapidly accumulated around and over him. The cast is to be seen in the little museum al pompeii. The dog lies half on his side. half on his back. his slender head and open muxxle gasping for little air. buried between the hind legs, which have been oonvulsively brought forward in the last agonies of death. Bu, the process that has been % successful in reproducing the very form and ifkeness cf this eseasase as he k~ed and died has produced results no less ex- traordinary in the case oi the human vic tims of the catastrophe. The idea of pouring plaster of paris in liquid state into the moulds left by the bodies in the s0R ash did not occur till it suddenly dashed across Fiorelli about twenty years ago. Of the remains of the iSo human beings discovered in pompeii in the tirst hundred years ofthe excavations. there is consequently only . written record
 It is only from the Journal of Excava- tions for the year ISsi that we know of the touching and famous sight which greeted the eyes of the first discoverers of the :. House of the Faun." On he floor of the banqueting-hall lay the body of woman, probably the mistress of the house. with her jewels scattered where she had thrown them in despair of escape The root had been crushed in by the weight of falling ash and pumioe-stone and the hands of the dying woman were upstrctched Tn a vain effort 10 keep oil the impending weight. Parts of the body and clothing could still be made out and drawing could be made of one charming foot. But such records arc lifeless and tame indeed beside the extra ordinary portrait statues which are now to be seen in the little museum at pompcii. There are nine of these. or were a short time ago. and to see them Is like seeing the men and women themselves of eigh- teen centuries ago. Fiorellis methcd IS simple as possible. 4 small opening Is made, the plaster is dcliealeiy poured in. and when II has had tune to harden the surface crust of ashes IS peeled of. and the man or woman comes back to life again. The details of clothing and feat ure have ali ieft their mark in the soft ash and are all faithfully preserved m the plaster cast. The results ack le1ed by Fiorelli arc striking and complete. Take the cas, of the elderly slave. for instance, probably man of some sixty years old who appears to have been taking h,s sics- ta when the eruption began, and to have been painiess!y asphys.a.ed ln hls sleep He lies on his right side, the knees li,tic bent. the left leg drawn up and the cheek resting on the right hand. The coarse. strongly marked features and peaceful expression of the sleeper have all been perfectly preserved. A hardly less easy death mus, have been the lot of the four persons found lying on their backs in the street. Three of these were men. one of them negro of the mos, pronounced type. The fourth was a woman of unus- ual statue, whose tune for becoming a mother was evidently not far ofE The three persons found lying on their faces do no, appear to have found so easy a death. Two of them are women. One of these. an elderly woman with thin figure. lies by herself, her face buried in her arms. as if to protect herself from the fatal ram. The other l,e, side by side by man in whose company she appears to have taken flight She has covered her face with s fold of her dress and the hands are tight oieaehed in the last death agony.