. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. rs. The baths impressed me much, for they had been newly built when the awfultragedy took place, and look as if they were opened yesterday ;—a tine cold plunge-bath, with water carried high for a shower, a dressing-room with niches forbrushes, combs, and pomades,—all of which were there, but have been removedto museums ;—and a great brazier in green bronze, with seats round it for thebathers to dry themselves ;—a warm bath, and a vapour bath all perfect, and lookingready f
. Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon compiled from his diary, letters and records by his wife and his private secretary. rs. The baths impressed me much, for they had been newly built when the awfultragedy took place, and look as if they were opened yesterday ;—a tine cold plunge-bath, with water carried high for a shower, a dressing-room with niches forbrushes, combs, and pomades,—all of which were there, but have been removedto museums ;—and a great brazier in green bronze, with seats round it for thebathers to dry themselves ;—a warm bath, and a vapour bath all perfect, and lookingready for use to-morrow. The Forum was vast, and had in it the facades of several magnificent temples,the remains of which reveal their former glory. The pedestals of the statues ofthe eminent men of the town remain with their names upon them. We saw thetragic and comic theatres, and the amphitheatre which helti 20,000 persons, in which c. II. siUkgp:on s AUTor!iO(;kArii\. 229 the people were assembled when the eruption came, and from which they escaped,but had to flee to the fields, and leave their houses for THE , POMPEII. In the Temple of Isis, we saw the places where the priests were concealedwhen they made the goddess deliver her oracles ! We saw the lady herself in themuseum, with a pipe at the back of her head, which was fixed in the wall, andserved as the secret speaking-tube. The priests of Isis were found dead at hershrine ; one of them with an axe had cut through two walls to get out, but had notsucceeded. Poor creature !
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