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POMPEIANA. 185
the cornice which crowned the tower above'.
Against this the wall of iiie city abuts in an
obtuse, and runs off at an acute angle.
PLATE XVI.
WALLS OF THE CITY.
At the second tower from the spectator is seen the
sally-port. The front wall, which was stuccoed,
with a flat face, is, as usual, demolished. The
returns are rusticated in the same material. The
ramparts communicate through the towers by
arches. In the left corner is the lower part of
a battlement. The stucco is of extraordinary per-
fection and smoothness of surface.
PLATE XVII.
In the upper part may be observed the arched doorway,
conducting through the lower stories to the sally-
port, by a staircase constructed in that part of
the tower which projected towards the city, so
M. Mazois does not suppose these to have been towers, but the
foundations of another gateway.
the cornice which crowned the tower above'.
Against this the wall of iiie city abuts in an
obtuse, and runs off at an acute angle.
PLATE XVI.
WALLS OF THE CITY.
At the second tower from the spectator is seen the
sally-port. The front wall, which was stuccoed,
with a flat face, is, as usual, demolished. The
returns are rusticated in the same material. The
ramparts communicate through the towers by
arches. In the left corner is the lower part of
a battlement. The stucco is of extraordinary per-
fection and smoothness of surface.
PLATE XVII.
In the upper part may be observed the arched doorway,
conducting through the lower stories to the sally-
port, by a staircase constructed in that part of
the tower which projected towards the city, so
M. Mazois does not suppose these to have been towers, but the
foundations of another gateway.