Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . POMPEIANA. 91. STREET OF THE TOMBS. Approaching Pompeii from Naples,both sides of the road, for nearly a fur-long before entering the city, are occupiedby tombs and public monuments, inter-mixed with shops; in front of the latter,arcades were constructed, affording shelterfrom the rays of the sun or inclemency ofthe weather. The carriage way, or agger, 92 POMPEIANA. exhibiting the tracks or ruts * worn bychariots, is narrow, seldom exceedingfourteen feet in width, with footways ormargines on each side, varying from fourto six, el
Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . POMPEIANA. 91. STREET OF THE TOMBS. Approaching Pompeii from Naples,both sides of the road, for nearly a fur-long before entering the city, are occupiedby tombs and public monuments, inter-mixed with shops; in front of the latter,arcades were constructed, affording shelterfrom the rays of the sun or inclemency ofthe weather. The carriage way, or agger, 92 POMPEIANA. exhibiting the tracks or ruts * worn bychariots, is narrow, seldom exceedingfourteen feet in width, with footways ormargines on each side, varying from fourto six, elevated above the road about afoot, and separated therefrom by a curb^and guard stones, raised about sixteeninches, and placed at intervals of from tento twelve feet asunder. The whole of theroad is formed of lava in irregular shapedblocks, from ten to fourteen inches thick,originally well jointed and put together:indeed its state of preservation sufficientlyshows the perfection of the principle uponwhich it was constructed. This*, althoughthe principal entrance to the city,
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