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PREFACE.
Xlll
on this most interesting but almost inex-
haustible subject.
To those who have not the opportu-
nity of passing much time upon the spot,
it is presumed this work may be useful,
in enabling them to select such objects as
they may think most worth their atten-
tion. The distance from Naples is about
thirteen miles ; and the Soldiers' Quarters,
as one of the porticoes is vulgarly called,
is the spot whence strangers usually set
out to make their observations. Those
who, following this work, would begin at
the Street of the Tombs, should drive to
the Villa Suburbana; accessible to car-
riages by a lane turning from the main
road, before arriving at the little taverna,
or inn. Cicerone, or guides, are always
on the spot, ready to accompany the
traveller. They are usually civil, honest,
and intelligent. Indeed, it is but doing
justice to the peasants who cultivate the
soil of Pompeii to state, that notwith-
Xlll
on this most interesting but almost inex-
haustible subject.
To those who have not the opportu-
nity of passing much time upon the spot,
it is presumed this work may be useful,
in enabling them to select such objects as
they may think most worth their atten-
tion. The distance from Naples is about
thirteen miles ; and the Soldiers' Quarters,
as one of the porticoes is vulgarly called,
is the spot whence strangers usually set
out to make their observations. Those
who, following this work, would begin at
the Street of the Tombs, should drive to
the Villa Suburbana; accessible to car-
riages by a lane turning from the main
road, before arriving at the little taverna,
or inn. Cicerone, or guides, are always
on the spot, ready to accompany the
traveller. They are usually civil, honest,
and intelligent. Indeed, it is but doing
justice to the peasants who cultivate the
soil of Pompeii to state, that notwith-