Herculaneum, past, present & future . ound. As we look down from our higher point, we distinguishtwo large groups of workmen to the right and left of the Scavi Nuovi; these have flags marked respectively A and locate the excavators clearing the masses of earth towardsthe Royal Gardens of Portici and the open spaces on thesouth-east. The flag marked C shows the mouth of the greattunnel following up the street to the north-east beneath thetown of Resina. D and E are the flags to the north,marking the shafts sunk on the supposed site of the Basilicaand at Santa Maria di Pugliano. F is the
Herculaneum, past, present & future . ound. As we look down from our higher point, we distinguishtwo large groups of workmen to the right and left of the Scavi Nuovi; these have flags marked respectively A and locate the excavators clearing the masses of earth towardsthe Royal Gardens of Portici and the open spaces on thesouth-east. The flag marked C shows the mouth of the greattunnel following up the street to the north-east beneath thetown of Resina. D and E are the flags to the north,marking the shafts sunk on the supposed site of the Basilicaand at Santa Maria di Pugliano. F is the shaft-mouth at thegreat building to the south-east of the town, and G denotesthe shaft to the Villa Suburbana, the Casa dei flags in the distance tell us of the various exploringparties who are sinking shafts to find further suburban villas. The high flag-pole, with the Italian flag fluttering in thewind, almost in the centre of the whole work, is placed infront of a shed to which telephone wires run from every one 160. liRONZE SI All hlIH. AMAZON. iLATE 39. CHAP. Ill DURING EXCAVATION i6i of the centres of work. Here the Chief of the staff withseveral vice-chiefs and aides-de-camp is always to be found,and is in constant communication with the several are at every moment referred to headquarters, anddoubtful points submitted here for his decision—points relatingto the administration of the work, and the progress of thework itself. Either the Chief or one of the vice-chiefs isalways to be found here. But periodically one or the other,who is du jour, makes the round of all the works on inspection. Another characteristic feature of the scene before us is thenetwork of rails issuing from these several centres, and allconverging to one point, the enclosed yard near the railway the trucks are plying to and fro from the open excavationsor the tunnel-mouths, depositing the earth which is herecarefully sifted before it is transported. But we
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