. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Plan of the pavement, showing the ruts, &c. where several pieces of lava met in one point, and where, inprocess of time, a hole was made, the ancients have repairedthe injury with pieces of iron, which still remain in theangles. This method has generally been adopted throughoutthe city. The width of the streets varies from eight or nine POSITION OF POMPEII. 71 feet to about twenty-two, including
. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . Plan of the pavement, showing the ruts, &c. where several pieces of lava met in one point, and where, inprocess of time, a hole was made, the ancients have repairedthe injury with pieces of iron, which still remain in theangles. This method has generally been adopted throughoutthe city. The width of the streets varies from eight or nine POSITION OF POMPEII. 71 feet to about twenty-two, including the footpaths or many places they are so narrow that they may be crossedat one stride : where they are wider, a raised stepping-stone,and sometimes two or three, have been placed in the centre ofthe crossing. These stones, though in the middle of the carriageway, did not much inconvenience those who drove about inthe biga, or two-horsed chariot, as the wheels passed freelyin the spaces left, while the horses, being loosely harnessed,might either have stepped over the stones or passed by thesides. The kerb-stones arc elevated from one foot to eighteen.
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