Rollo in Naples

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in the world. It is contained in an immense building, which is divided into numer

their visit to Pompeii,-or rather to begin to see it; for it requires a

Mrs. Gray said to Mr. George, at brea

t?" asked

n we get into the museum, we should divide into two parties. Let Rollo go with me and the children, while you join

oment he seemed not to know w

ll want to study the antiquities, and the old Latin and Greek inscriptions, and the monuments illustrating ancient history; but we should not understand suc

see all those things,

hem. You will wish to devote most of your time to the learned things, and will pass rapidly

e the best plan. Josie and I can take care of

seum that she pleased, and remain there with her as long as she desired; and that, far from being any inconvenience to him t

ime that perhaps it would be better for you to be somewhere else; wher

ngage a carriage and take Mrs. Gray and the others to the museum, while he went to find his two friends, the stu

age while Rollo went up to Mrs. Gray's room to tell her that it was ready. Rosi

g to have the care of us to-day,

Rollo. "I am v

all about his old learned

"Still they are very curious,

"but I don't care about them. What

I will show you all the

bordered with churches, porticos, and palaces, and then through a long, straight street, called the Toledo. This is the principal street of shops in Naples, and is said to be the most

th a broad flight of stone steps ascending to it. Rollo assisted his party to descend from the carriage,

er, who walked back and forth before the entrance, carrying his gun with the bayonet set. Rollo paid no a

e must wait here unti

were various passages, with doors leading to the several apartments and ranges of apartments of the museum. These doors were all open, but the entrance to each was closed by an iron

nd umbrellas in. It is not safe to allow people in general to take such things into cabinets of curiosities, for there are many who have so little discretion, t

man put a strap around it. The strap had a ticket with the number 49 upon it.

The three gentlemen deposited their canes at the little office just as Mrs. Gray

d the children into the first room, but they soon

t, inside, always ready to open it whenever he saw any visitors coming. He always shut and locked the door again when the visitors went in. Then, finally, when they were ready to come out, he unlocked the gate for them, and it was then that they were ex

re, for visitors to buy, in order to carry them home as souvenirs of their visit, and to show to thei

nsils found at Pompeii. In general these things were much more similar to the corresponding articles of the present day than one wo

a large, flat ring, like a plate, with a hole through the centre of it. This ring was hung up by means of a short chain, and by the side of it there was hung a sort of hammer.

ry well indee

don't think it is quite so

like the steelyards of the present day, only they were made of a more ornament

d, to play with. In the centre was a sort of pan for the coals, or embers, and all around was a raised border, made double, with a space between to contain water. In one corner there was a raised part, with an opening

a kettle or a saucepan could stand on two suppor

ds of stones used, black and white; and these were arranged so as to form borders, scrolls, and pattern work,-as it is called,-of various kinds. In some places a border was formed around the room, and the figure of some animal was placed in the centre. In other cases groups

es and putting them together again, each little stone in its proper place, on the floor of the museum, where the mosaic was intended to go. But the artists contrived a way to take the

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n the entrance of a house, and just at the entrance were the words, also in mosaic, Cave canem, wh

of the complicated character of the design, and the immense number of stones composing it. It represents a battle scene, and contains a great number of men

no one is allowed to walk upon it. It is surrounded by a railing, and along one side of

ount of the light they throw on the manners and customs, and the modes of life, which prevailed in those ancient days. Some of these vases are of very great value. They are very large, and to enable the visitor to see them on all sides, without danger of breaking them, a great m

it. Mr. George said that they were going to stay there nearly all that day. They wished to examine the dr

aid Mr. George, "when you have learn

ot be here to see t

do now is to take a general view of them, and of the room containing them, and to examine one or two in detail, and then, by and by, when you wish to study them more particularly, yo

olving stands; and while an attendant turned it slowly round, so as to exhibit the successive sides to vi

ment, Rollo and his party went on, leaving

manner. These things were all arranged in glass cases, so that they could be seen to great advantage, but they could not be touched. There were a great many other curious things in this room; and there were also a great many other very curious rooms, all of which Mrs. Gray and the children walked through, though there were so many things to be seen in them, that, in the end, they became quite bewildered. In the mean time the hours pa

en one in a thousand