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served as to admit of their removal to a iimila' set 
flera presses, provided, however, witli glass doors, 
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In the middle of the garden belonging to tins v» ^ 
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a basin nearly of tlie size and form ot the one in . 
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Park, having its edges faced with stone, and tl^ ^ ^ 
ends rounded off in a semicircular form llns 
water was surrounded by beds or parterres of vanou 
and the garden was on every side enclosed t>y ^ 
anct tlie garaen was ou cvoii 
walk, supported by columns. Of these columns th p 
sixty-four, ten for each of the shorter, and twentr^ 
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each of the longer sides of tlie quadrangle : 
made of brick, neatly stuccoed over, cttact y ^ 
those in the Pompeian barracks. Each 
end of a wooden beam, the other extremity of whic 
outlie garden'wail, thus forming an arbour, in all r,pj< 
bility planted with vines, arouuC. the whole .gj, jf 
this covered walk several semicircular recesses, ' I , 
pear to have served as bathing-places, were bui^ 
spaces between the pillars were decorated with mai 
and bronze statues, alternately arranged. . J' 
This garden was surrounded by a narrow ditplj 
another covered walk, of a , considerable length, 
circular balcony, or platform, the ascent to whic 
four steps, but which overhung the sea about n 
The floor of the balcony consisted of the 
tesselated pavement, which now serves as the 
the rooms of the Portici museum. From this ' 
the prospect over the whcle Bay of Naples, ^ iiic 
mountains of Sorrento, the Island of Capii, 
Posilipo, must have been delightful. 
POMPEII. 
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A GREAT and rich town, wdiich, after lymg ^ 
A GREAT ana ricn town, wmeii, auei lyuig g, 
furies in a deep grave, is again shone on by the , 
stands amidst other cities, as much a stranger 
stands amidst other cities, as muen a strangei 
of its former inhabitants would be among his dcs^ • 
of the present day 
world 
■such a town has not its eq^' 
arid. 
The distance from Naples to Pompeii is ntue 
