312 _—. Ruins of Pompeii. 
Euboea. These fine inscriptions, which furnish some novél ideas 
upou the sites of the four ancient cities of the island, are the 
property of M. Bronsted, who is well qualiied to decypher them. 
M. Bronsted in returning stopped at the island of ithaca, so 
_much celebrated by the father of Ionian poetry: en passing by 
Leucadia to Prevesa, he became acquainted with Ali Pacha, an 
old governor, full of energy and of a remarkable character. He 
traversed Albania, and was detained at Corfu by contrary winds. 
Here he found that abundance of medals had been obtamed in 
consequence of the excavations ordered by General Douzelot, 
RUINS OF POMPEII, 
We translate from L’ falico, a valnable periodical work pub- 
lished in the Italian language in London, and conducted by the 
learned Dr. Augusto Bozzi Granville, the following account. of 
an excavation made among the ruins of Pompeii on the 18th 
of March 1813. It is drawn up by an eye witness, and addressed 
in the ferm of a letter to Dr, Granville. 
‘They have commenced the execution of a great project 
here, viz. the clearing of the whole of the walls which sur- 
round Pompeii, and ‘which are supposed to be about 1600 or 
1700 toises in circumference. Great advantages will of course 
be derived in future excavations from the denudation of the wails, 
The streets which lead from the various gates will be more easily 
found, while there will be a greater facility in transporting the 
ashes and earth, and a guard may then bé placed over the mo- 
numents to prevent dilapidations. 
“ The walls of: this city are rea] fortifications: they are from 
18 to 20 feet in height, and in some places higher: they are for- 
tified at-intervals with a Kind of quadrangular towers partly 
destroyed; and they do not seem to have much exceeded the 
height of the wall, ‘They are furnished with small gates, »which 
seem to have answered the same purpose with those in mos 
dern fortresses. Certain it is that two ef these already diseo- 
vered were used by the brave inhabitants of Pompeii in their 
sorties against the troops of Sylla. 
“< The walls are twelve feet broad: they are ornamented, both 
on the side towards the city and towards the country, with para- 
pets, which probably served in time of war as a security to the 
soldiery, and in peace as a promenade for the inhabitants. The 
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parapets are furnished with loop-holes pretty close to each other, . 
and with seuppers to carry off the water :—in several places 
there are flights of steps leading up from the city. 
“© The walls are not uniform, i in consequence of the injuries 
they have sustained at various periods; they are mostly built of 
masses of fine stone four feet broad by five long, and two in 
. thickness, 
