. 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 . Ground-plan of a small House. to have the water perfectly pure they did not content them-selves with a single cistern, but made two or three at differentlevels, so that the water successively deposited the grosserand the lighter impurities with which it might be water, when drunk, was usually boiled, to free it fromany impur6 matters or smell which it might have contractedin the
. 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 . Ground-plan of a small House. to have the water perfectly pure they did not content them-selves with a single cistern, but made two or three at differentlevels, so that the water successively deposited the grosserand the lighter impurities with which it might be water, when drunk, was usually boiled, to free it fromany impur6 matters or smell which it might have contractedin the reservoir. It was not in high esteem, and was con- PRIVATE HOUSES. 309 sidered to make the voice of those who drank it hoarse anddisagreeable. Such is the abundance of fountains in Pompeii,that it probably was little used except for household pur-poses. 11 is a lararium, or domestic chapel, of very smalldimensions, with a bench running round two sides of it. Inthe centre is a small altar, placed before a niche, ornamentedwith the painting of some goddess holding a cornucopia. Sheis reposing on a couch, closely resembling a modern French. Bed and Table ; from a painting. bed. The mattress is white, striped with violet, and spottedwith gold : the cushion is violet. The tunic of the goddessis blue, the bed, the table, and the cornucopia, gold. Thishouse stands just by the Gate of Herculaneum, adjoining thebroad flight of steps which leads up to the ramparts. Bonuccisupposes that it belonged to the of&cer appointed to takecharge of the gate and walls. We may take this opportunity to describe the nature andarrangement of the triclinium, of which such frequent men-tion has been made. In the earlier times of Kome men satat table—the habit of reclining was introduced from Carthageafter the Punic wars. At first these beds were clumsy inform, and covered with mattresses stuffed with rushes orstraw. Hair and wool mattresses were introduced from Gaulat a later period, and were soon follo
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