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the theatre, the wrestling place, or palaestra, the Temple of 
Iris and of Zeus, bathing establishments, and the amphi- 
theatre. Many private houses have been unearthed, and 
these enabled them to see the complete arrangements which 
existed for bathing, the warm and hot chambers heated by 
hot air ; the walls were painted usually in frescos with orna- 
mentation ; the elegant mosaic floors added to the beauty 
of the rooms and there was a complete set of kitchen utensils 
almost identical, in some instances, with those in use at the 
present day, including a four-pronged fork. There were 
about 30,000 gods in Pompeii. If a man had something the 
matter with his finger there was one god, and if it was his 
toe, there was another. 
The graffiti, or inscriptions on the walls, were on all sorts 
of subjects and threw light on the occupations and interests 
of the people. The shops were open to the street and in 
Sicily to-day they could, as they walked along the streets, see 
the people in bed. The street of Mercury gave them some 
idea of how the Forum was approached. There was at Pompeii 
a public weighing place so that if there was any suspicion 
about the weight of an article the purchaser could take it 
to the public weighing place and have it weighed. Some 
things they did a great deal better in those days than they 
do now. The streets led to and ended at the Forum where 
the passage was blocked by large stones. There were a 
great many and a great variety of fountains in the city. At 
one of the fountains they saw that the very basalt of the 
trough had been greatly worn by the hands of the person 
placed in it while drinking. The water fountains and the 
wine shops were always near to each other. In a doctor’s 
shop were always a variety of glass vessels and instruments 
used in his profession, including a needle, balances, scales, 
etc. There were many bakehouses, and the most profitable 
trade in Pompeii was that of the miller or baker. Some of 
the household goods were most beautiful objects. The 
city was a suburb of Rome and the people lived a free and 
easy life. It was a wicked city and deserved to be destroyed. 
On the motion of Mr. J. S. Sutcliffe, seconded by Mr. T. 
Bell, and supported by Mr. J. Lancaster, J.P., a h-.arty 
vote of thanks was accorded to the Lecturer. 
