Iljp, POMPBII. 139 
gate with the intent of flying, when tiie 
id overwhelmed him. Several skeletons were fotind 
''o'T posture in which tliey had breathed their last, 
Hig having been forced by the agonies of death to drop 
ieciy!*^S* they had in their hands. This leads to a con- 
all at ’ ^^3t the thick ma.ss of ashe.s must have come down 
'^rr» '0 such immense quantities as instantly to cover 
oannot otherwise be imagiuetl how the fiigitive.s 
Posi^i ® ^ have been fixed, as it were by a charm, in their 
hr this manner their destiny was the less 
I ®®ohig that death suddenly converted them into 
^*oss statues, and tlius was stripped of all the horror.s 
giajji'^hich the fears of the sufterers had clothed him in ima- 
But what then must have been the pitiable con- 
'^'lars 5 °^ ^ho had taken reftige in the buildings and 
tluijgV Buried in the tliickest darkness, they were se- 
every thing but lingering torment; and who 
*t>PfQ to himself without shuddering, a slow dissolution 
l'l»e ,tog. amid aU tlie agonies of body and of mind ? 
1’q recoils from the contemplation of such images, 
hij j^Pr<Keed now to the public edifices. The temple of 
standing, with its Doric pillars, and its walls 
hi, emblems of the service of the deity, such as 
k — liiUICS 01 aic suii U-; Ut; ; 
withinside, a poisonous vapour is said to have 
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!hv, 
cocoa-blossom, ibis, &c. The sacred 
f 'ktle' ^ P‘^> and tables of Isis are still to be seen. From 
- ®Pel withinside, a poisonous vapour is said to have 
ev/ ®’^'*en, which the heathen priests may have used 
■ tocjr ^P®*^'es of deception. This vapour is said to 
j®^sed after the violent eruption of Vesuvius ; but 
. A given out tire slightest smell. 
bee^ Grecian temple, of which only two pillars remain, 
i ” .probably already destroyed by an earthquake 
i*,' file Y I ® reign of Titus, preceded the dreadfirl irruption 
’bll an tlie opposite side of this temple there 
tk .tort; *"'^‘^6 named the quarter of the soldiers, becau.w 
arUTj I'iirhir^ac r»f nnd n skeleton iu 
3rms, pictures of soldiers, and a skeleton ju 
ag |®to found there. By others it has been consi- 
eli "n thf^ ^nrum of Pompeii. 
^ ®'^res, tire smaller one particularly, are m an ex- 
'tfy- ^ Vva preservation. The structure of this one is 
>ll ^ Q tk X 
tire smaller one particularly, are iti an ex.- 
b a» . ^to ot nrf>«f*rvnr'.n„ ^rin> ctrnrtnre of this one is 
"S 0 / adopted by the ancients, and is well de- 
tooder-n imitation, as it aflhrds the spectators 
