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quently a small temple, and some statuary. The city of Portiei 

 is built upon the lava directly above Herculaneum, and this has 

 prevented extensive excavations. Pompdi was enveloped in ashes 

 and cinders, and has been opened to the light of day. Both these 

 cities were sea-ports, and Herculaneufri is still near the shore, 

 but Pompeii is at some distance, the intervening land having been 

 formed by volcanic agency. In both these cities inscriptions were 

 found in the temples commemorating the event of their rebuild- 

 ing after having been overthrown by an earthquake sixteen years 

 before, A, D. 63. Thus, in the language of Bulwer, "After nearly 

 seventeen centuries 'had rolled away, the city of Pompeii was dis- 

 intered from its silent tomb, all vivid with undimmed hues ; its 

 walls fresh as. if painted yesterday; not a tint faded on the rich 

 mosaic of its floors; in its forum the half-finished columns, as 

 left by the workman's hand ; before the trees in its gardens the 

 sacrificial Iripod; in its halls the chest of treasure; in ite baths the 

 strigil; in its theatres the counter of admission; in its saloons the 

 furniture and the lamp; in its triclinia the fragments of the last 

 feast; in its cubicula the perfumes and rouge of faded beauty; 

 and everywhere the skeletons of those who once moved the 

 springs of that minute, yet gorgeous machine of luxury and of life." 



We here present a view of Vesuvius from Sir Wrn. Gells Pom- 



