NO. 49
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pavements much worn with the wheels ofcarr-
ages and the feet of the foot passengers. We
have only room to mention few of the buildings
that were visited and described by our Tourist -
Among these were the Forum and two theatres.
the tragic and the comc---These and the ampi-
theatre are nearly perfect In the arched pas
sage bv which we entered and lett the ampithe-
atre are shown several small dungeons, in which
it is probable wild beasts were kept for the
shows, and in the doorpost of one of them an iron
staple vet remains. The temple of Isis, which
was one of the principal temples of the city, con-
tanned the skeletons of several men, supposed to
be prtsts--In the house of a surgeon, consisting
of three small rooms plastered and ornamented
with pictures of water colours, were found more
Than fifty surgical instruments. In the shop OF
sculptor were found pieces of marble, several
bnsts and statues, with others half formed, rough
blocks and the tools with which they had been
wrought. In some of the dwelling houses were
tickets for the theatres and ampitheatres; i'll the
form Of birds. beasts, &c with the Roman NUM-
hers ansv erng to those of the doors and stair Ca
scs At corner of the street is building with
picture on the outside of a serpent biting an
apple, which is supposed to have been the shop
| Of an apohecary from this circumstance, as wen
as on account of the dry vases and pills found withs
in. "We passed an oil and wine shop, public


fountain and reservoir, long since dry, two shops


where wine was sold by the draught, soap manu-
factory, and the public weighing Office Here


we're found weights of lead and marble, two pair


Of scales, and several steel-yards! Near by this


bakers shop, where was a heap OF wheat per-


f.c,iv black, and converted into charcoal; with a


loaf OF bread in the same state, which had beel


baked in round scolloped dish, and was marked


with crossing lines OH the top, and the brand o.


the baker"