. 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 . being placed within the barrel, and the wine drawn off throughthe neck or spout, which is broken. Fig. 3 is a wine-taster,something on the principle of a siphon. It is hollow, and theair being exhausted by the mouth at the small end, the liquidto be tasted was drawn up into the Bronze Strainer. Another sort of strainer, of which there are several in theNeapolitan Museum, is made of bron
. 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 . being placed within the barrel, and the wine drawn off throughthe neck or spout, which is broken. Fig. 3 is a wine-taster,something on the principle of a siphon. It is hollow, and theair being exhausted by the mouth at the small end, the liquidto be tasted was drawn up into the Bronze Strainer. Another sort of strainer, of which there are several in theNeapolitan Museum, is made of bronze, pierced in elegant DOMESTIC UTENSILS. 565 and intricate patterns. Tlie Eomans used strainers filledwith snow to cool their wines, and such may have been thedestination of the one here represented. These were calledcola vinaria, or nivaria. The poor used a linen cloth for thesame purpose.* With respect to the details of dress, the excavations, whetherat Pompeii or Herculaneum, enable us to clear up no difficul-ties, and to add little to that which is already known on thissubject. Still a short notice of the principal articles of dress,and explanation of their Latin namey, may be expedient forthe full understanding of some parts of our subject. Themale costume will detain us a very short time. The properRoman dress, for it would be tiresome and unprofitable toenter upon the variety of garments introduced in later timesfrom foreign nations, consisted merely of the toga andtun
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