. 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 . it. Yet even this larger establishment makesbut a very slight approach to the magnificence and luxury ofa Eoman bath. The piscina, or reservoir of the old Pompeian baths, isseparated from the baths themselves by the street (W) whichopens into the north-western corner of the Forum, nowcalled Vicolo delle Terme. The pipes which communicatedbetween the reservoir and the bath passed over an arch (w)
. 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 . it. Yet even this larger establishment makesbut a very slight approach to the magnificence and luxury ofa Eoman bath. The piscina, or reservoir of the old Pompeian baths, isseparated from the baths themselves by the street (W) whichopens into the north-western corner of the Forum, nowcalled Vicolo delle Terme. The pipes which communicatedbetween the reservoir and the bath passed over an arch (w)thrown across the street. This arch was perfect when theexcavation was made; now only the shoulders remain, inwhich the pipes above mentioned are still visible. Therowere three entrances to the furnaces which heated the warm DESCRIPTION OF BATHS. 157 and vapour baths. The chief one opened upon a court (r) ofan irregular figure, fit for containing wood and other neces-saries for the use of the establishment, covered in part by aroof, the rafters of which rested at one end on the lateralwalls and at the other on two columns constructed withsmall pieces of stone. From hence a very small staircase. Plan of the Baths. led to the furnaces and to the upper part of the entrance led to a small room (h) (prcefurnium), intowhich projects the mouth of a furnace (i). In this roomwere the attendants on the furnace, or stokers (fornacarii),whose duty it was to keep up the fires. Here was found aquantity of pitch, used by the furnace-men to enliven the 158 POMPEII. fires. The stairs in the room (h) led up to the coppers. Thethird entrance led from the apodyterium of the mens; bathsby means of a corridor (x). It is to be remarked that thereis no communication between these furnaces and the bath ofthe women, which was heated from them. The furnace wasround, and had in the lower part of it two pipes, which trans-mitted hot air under the pavements and between the walls ofthe vapour-b
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