The Wonders of Pompeii Part 10

_The Villa of Diomed_. "

Having visited these tombs, re-enter the city by the Herculaneum Gate, and, returning over part of the way already taken, find the Street of Fortune again, and there see--

_The House of the Faun_. Chap. VII.

The House with the Black Wall.

The House with the Figured Capitals.

The House of the Grand Duke.

The House of Ariadne.

_The House of the Hunt_. Chap. VII.

You thus reach the place where the Street of Stabiae turns to the right, descending toward the southern part of the city. Before taking this street, you will do well to follow the one in which you already are to where it ends at the _Nola Gate_, which is worth seeing. See Chap. IV.

The Street of Stabiae marks the limit reached by the excavations. To the left, in going down, you will find the handsome _House of Lucretius_.

See Chap. VII.

On the right begins a whole quarter recently discovered and not yet marked out on the diagram. Get them to show you--

_The House of Siricus_. Chap. VII.

_The Hanging Balconies_. Chap. III.

The New Bakery. Chap. III.

Turning to the left, below the Street of Stabiae you will cross the open fields, above the part of the city not yet cleared, as far as the _Amphitheatre_. See Chap. VIII.

Then, retracing your steps and intersecting the Street of Stabiae, you enter a succession of streets, comparatively wide, which will lead you back to the Forum. You will there find, on your right, the _Hot Baths of Stabiae_. See chap. V. On your left is the _House of Cornelius Rufus_ and that of _Proculus_, recently discovered. See Chap. VII.

There now remains for you to cross the _Street of Abundance_ at the southern extremity of the city. It is the quarter of the triangular Forum, and of the Theatres--the most interesting of all.

The princ.i.p.al monuments to be seen are--

_The Temple of Isis_. See Chap. VII.

The Curia Isiaca.

_The Temple of Hercules_. Chap. VII.

_The Grand Theatre_. Chap. VIII.

_The Smaller Theatre_. "

_The Barracks of the Gladiators_. Chap. VIII.

At the farther end of these barracks opens a small gate by which you may leave the city, after having made the tour of it in three hours, on this first excursion. On your second visit you will be able to go about without a guide.

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