The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . ense that it effectuallyconceals the walls from the spectator at a distance. By this roadI entered Rusellse on its south-western side. I then turned tothe right and followed the line of Avails, which are traceable indetached fragments along the brow of the hill. At first, the masonry was horizontal—rudely so indeed, likethat of Yolterra and Populonia, but such was its decided cha-racter, though small stones wrere inserted in the interstices of the 3 See Vol. I. p. 172. mistake, and at first passed Rusellse with- 4 Sir Richard Colt Hoare made this out seei
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . ense that it effectuallyconceals the walls from the spectator at a distance. By this roadI entered Rusellse on its south-western side. I then turned tothe right and followed the line of Avails, which are traceable indetached fragments along the brow of the hill. At first, the masonry was horizontal—rudely so indeed, likethat of Yolterra and Populonia, but such was its decided cha-racter, though small stones wrere inserted in the interstices of the 3 See Vol. I. p. 172. mistake, and at first passed Rusellse with- 4 Sir Richard Colt Hoare made this out seeing it. Classical Tour, I. p. II. Q 226 [chap, xlvii. large But when I had gained the eastern side of thecity, I found all rectangularity and horizontally at an end, thewalls being composed of enormous masses piled up withoutregard to form, and differing only from the rudest style ofCyclopean, as described by Pausanias, in having the outer sur-faces smoothed. Speaking of Tiryns in Argolis, that writer says,. Adapted from Micali. PLAN OF RUSELLJB. «, a. Line of Etruscan walls. b. Portion of ditto, represented in woodcut at p. 222. c. Walled inclosure, probably the Arx. d. d. Sites of gates. e. Vaulted cisterns. /. Remains of ancient buildings. ;/. Quarry of travertine. h. Quarry of sandstone. i. Etruscan tomb. The walls, which are the only ruins remaining, are the work ofthe Cyclops, and are formed of unhewn blocks, each of which isso huge that the smallest of them could not be in the least stirredby a yoke of mules. Small stones were fitted in of old, in such away that each of them is of great service in uniting the In these walls of lluselhe small blocks are intermixedwith the large masses, occupying the interstices, and are often insome measure fitted to the form of the gap. The irregularityand shapelessness of this masonry is partly owing to the traver- B it is tliis regular portion of the wallswhich is represented in the woodcut at
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