^ FOMPEII. 
Ssl'sli miles. Near the Torre dell’ Annunziata, to 
and amid hills planted with vineyards, the town 
,'*’^ich, throwing oft" its shroud of ashes, came forth 
Ho,*'* breaks on the view. The buildings are 
O'MTtj uicciiva vaxw t • — — o 
’n j,, ’^oofs, which are supposed to have been destroyed by 
\ , y 'ti an unguarded state, or torn off by a hurricane. 
|»av.^®‘=ks of the wheels which anciently rolled over tlie 
•iile f “ are still visible. An elevated patli runs by the 
tbe houses, for foot-passengers; and, to enable 
'Ppo '^niy weather to pass more comrriodiously to the 
side, large flat stones, tliree of which take up the 
4s the road, were laid at a distance from each other, 
carriages, in order to avoid these stones, were 
use tire intermediate spaces, tire tracks of the 
Pietit ®’’® 'here most visible. The whole of the pave- 
tble 6-* good condition : it co» ists merely of consider- 
Ptejj.^'®res of las^a, which, however, are not cut, as at the 
'^6 ’ 'uto squares, aird may have been oir tlrat account 
durable. 
>t 
rvlrich w4s first clearjd, is supposed to have 
reaiir street of Pompeii ; but this is much to be 
■*'> ti; 
teri ™’'‘“ street of Pompeii ; but this is much to be 
the houses on both sides, with the exception of 
’ "'ere evidently the habitations of common citi- 
Were small, and provided with booths. The 
f'* likewise is narrow : two carriages only could 
d ^ Ml f ’ ‘"td it is very uncertain whether it ran through 
a- die town ; for, from the spot where the mo- 
Srticgf'^continued digging, to that where they recom- 
’.^udwhere tire same street is supposed to have 
^i>ich , l°und, a wide tract is covered with vineyards, 
Vts a”®/ ' cty well occupy the place of the most splendid 
■ "^^rkets, still concealed underneath. 
•**uuv«is, sail couccaieu 
V objects which attract a particular attention, 
Next to tliis is a house, the threshold of which 
. hoQ.l . V,UJCV.!.3 Wli,V-V, MLI.UV-. .. , . 
PUriti v„. "'vhich liquors were sold, and the marble table 
; 'Pkcn, bich bears the marks ot the cups left by the 
"'‘dr a salutation of black stone, as a token of 
b»^'**lilv rl “ “aiuiauon or uiacB. »louc, ao *i — -- 
'he On entering the habitations, the visitor is struck 
^heaj^geness of their coustraction. The middle of 
3 square, sometliing like the cross passages 
'’M often surrounded by pillars : it is cleanly , and 
party-coloured mosaic, which has an agroeaWe 
