Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-09
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Kew FlRuS aG FOmpe1l.
Was atx!Cus to Sac ah.t Vas doing at ,le
now excavations, but knew that tie best
talegs Woul be at once transferred to the
uusem at Naples. so | Weat thero frss |
t'uud ono room entirely devoted 10 The re#ss,
tt, sooes. There are .b u. Ave pictures, svors2-
lug fur t:e! equ:ra, each III Of q1ile ionaplio
Interest; some of these have only bsen there
few wsekR, and no1s of them are yet labeled.
Tho ooors sre fresh, tho d.awog is eauaI TO
DOS. things at the Royal Academy. and the
tt,ct OF rhese buried relics Of the frs. oeuu p
Ia D. 79l 50 sudielb lifed iao the dsyrg {
oil 1851 Is. coDless, little ghoSilY. | ,h. ulI
lot have boen surprised on ping roucd tu
had PomDeilau OF iha arrested life of the
reIIod looking evsr my shoulder at SONS OF
his oil haunts Ole of tho larger pc,ures
gives q sort OF blsd's-1ye viaw of the theatre
at P0mpo'l. with wild beast 6sht going on
You lock doEn upoa the arena frtm some
h4lght. You also O1mnsrd view Of the
s:feet with the ps.se!- -)y snd feT bCo hs from
oGe Ct which thlet has stolen s!me,tiog sno
is naAiog off Tae "velsium' or vast swl-
trg, Is hall draw ever tte top OF tbs ihoa rs
Two oog tlsh;s OF st p, outside tnsb!s the
;p:ctstols 10 reach lhs top scas wilhous goi
inside the theatre. This is sursIy en- sdmirablr
dss, worthy Of our imitatiJu. a large palul-
leg OF 81 :eplrg b: cIbauie, Lude. wached by
sslr nlgkt Davs been designed by ty in
draweg, o1lcr, ard perspsc;iv it is mss,srIy
study showing besides aress deal cf ieeIiog
for landscape psio!irg which, for scms reason
or other, the snclants are rot supposed 10 have
cared toI; hut the nero We oolc.ited creatures
u nf In =.
knew quito Bs nuoh ahous c1lor aud drawing
as they did sb,ut sculpture. L,ok at Pyta-
aus ard Thisbs ou the other val, CT Nj ais
aad Venus and q capi al STUDY OF Eu!cps
mauuirg the tul surrounded b7 nor maid .us.
All theso ore highly preserved aud show per-
tsci ease. sisor aud freshrcss of banding that
m.uy modern ar.i5s might eLv5. Tho nav
6od in brotz> is co exquisite a.ed setuetts
figure of "Atu idan ia about loot hiph.
noldDg paters. or cul; her ci.ir is tdorned
with horts OF plenty. aod 'lhs pressure Of her
body and the aet OF her dsap,rJ over The
cushion on which shs 81 8 is so realistic that
ole cxpec's to see Ter mcVs upon her chair tr
r.se staty moment. B.side hlr ia slave boy.
il backward ahi ule atou. foot std Ia (
hgh, pouring water into cup. TGis is ASP Dew
[ Visited Plupeli n:X; day aud wet rsishs 10
the dig ,logs. The only wlndar is that any
hiog Is ev' dug up at al; the proc SO is ridcu-
lousy sltw. even for aIy. The dir,c:ors sn
all day on the Iu.b nesDs smoking aud dtz-
CTS OF children tie up aud dtwl with their lille
baskets OF earth, Wh 10 t,W idle psasaas
shovel up fsW l. Il spsdesiul at tim. Sill.
the first tbirg | saw was the side CT o diLio.-
room. uncovered Ouly # " days ago. o. one
side was bris LIT picluro OF foe COZ atd hers
10 q great state CftX X.iieneot over large basket
ct Hraiu and red cne,rl.s all upset. L,ud.s,r
oou'd not hsvo done il bclttr. The " al Ii Of
o)ukltg apparatus 10 tho museum ia aI,ocist-
log. You havs siuo.paDs perforated Wi
cc otlesa hoss. 10 most elaborate pattcras,tv:ry
cotc ,ivb bls KIDD of boiler and cadrou. o4s,s for
jslIles, REPRESENTING tha DOS rate hare aud the
sucking pig; ladies', spoo:s. dishes for roast
ing six eggs or q dtz,n eggs at ouc,, toastiDg-
forks eridlrons, fapcy machioes tor pasuy ard
delicate confectionery. Whh 10 E ,beth' q dsy
were csllrd ''corcsils." [ saw 10 another new
psr:s ine dioiug-.oom, found ttr,e mouths
ago, With some Of the li0eliest psipiog imsgiua
BILE. The first g ion Of the walIs all sroutd
represented the boldest sc,ne o.; ir the ses-s
c,Uger sirugRlup With 60 octopus, q shark pur-
suing lis prey. shoal of fish flying through the
water all glilteriug and fresh. The middle sec
tim dealt with birds and " Id fowl, eud
III, upper and largest section CAV, 6erc, bu1,-
lng ~ s-a holss p1rsu, by lion, 90 OK in
desert scenery sprung upon by a tig r, and all
thes, were set 10 sosuery OF great tore, variety
and cbsraomr- woods. rocks. rivers sud green
bills. The corridors and sute-rooma OF this
house are gu ally ROB. ,h W ,lIs pi u,ly vis-
ne,ted with 6g.res-dwsrfs on lite, srse.
scsues, animals. 10 one r,om there is pr
fsct!y white suite OF m'rble steps 10 situ beloug
ing to . fouotaio. The whole ,hiag ss.n1s as
though 6oished yes erdsy. without q soil. chip
or scrNch. They sstm now to be oImiog to
some of The rich s. houses. and hav, broken
into the cutter oautt of orei 10 which stands
bsau'iful fou ataiu cupols sud niohc of els5orlte
m mosaic work, representing gods and godd s,es
10 the deep b'us heavens half Yelled With & ecg
clouds. The hous, is still imbedded uuder 80
feet of earth; but if this is the blctysrd. wbss
mus the halls ard corridors be ! III, plao new
adopted is to leave ss much as possible 10 stu.
Sre,lmens repeated themselves, and it is need
less to g 90 rem oviug similar moslios or fret
coes. OF which there are plenty 10 the N.ph 8
museum. As rule, ih:ref r., all the l.t'er
excavations are mora ioter, 9 irg han the older
ones, because they hivs been L. f. unsuoiled Of
their treasure. [ should like to spetd week
at Pompeii ev'r5 year. if only to watch the u,-
uucoverpg and revel in the new 6nds.-Cor
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