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gines, or foot paces, are raised irregularly3 not to
say incommodiously. It will be also observed
that no fire-place exists, nor do any flues remain
by which the house could have been warmed
by means of a stove, prsefurnium, or hypocaust1:
for this purpose, in all probability, only braziers
were used, with charcoal, as they are frequently
found.

PLATE XXXV.

Entrance to the house of Pansa. The Corinthian
pilasters are of stone, without cement; behind
them was a space before the door. This was
the vestibulum, which was frequently adorned
with columns2; and the pavement covered with
coloured chalks, or pigments: but its exposed
situation rendered some precaution necessary
against the committing of nuisance 3.

1 The Roman remains in England show this method of warming
houses to have been common in a colder climate, and later age.

2 Viden' vestihulum ante tedis hoc? Jussin' columnis dejicier operas
arenarum et in splendorem dari bullas has foribus nostris.—Plautus.

3 Pinge hum'um consperge ante aedis.—See the Stichus of Plautus,
Act I. Scene 3.