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FIELD OF HADJI CAFTAN. 287
circle was preserved, and only one angle of the
square in which it was inscribed. This angle was
filled up by a vase, in form like the ampJwrce of
Southern Italy of the latest period. Out of this
vase issued, on either side, an ivy branch.
The oblong pictures at either end of this room
were set in a border of wave-pattern, black and
white. Round the room, and inclosing the whole
of the inner patterns, was a broad, guilloche plait,
orange, crimson, blue, and black. The extreme
outer margin of the pavement was formed by a
broad border of white, studded at intervals with
small black stars.
In consequence of the decayed state of the mo-
saic in this room, only small portions of the figures
could be taken up.
Room C.
This, as will be seen by reference to the general
Plan, is a gallery 40' long by 12' wide, running
east and west, and terminating at the west end
in an apse. The pavement in this room was in
very good condition, and we succeeded, therefore,
in taking up nearly the whole of it in squares.
The design consisted of three compartments.
At the west end was a group representing a naked
female figure, floating amid waves and dolphins ; on
either side of her was a youthful Triton, holding up
the edges of a veil, which floated behind her. The
heads of the two Tritons were surmounted by horns,
or, perhaps, the claws of shell-fish, placed upright.
circle was preserved, and only one angle of the
square in which it was inscribed. This angle was
filled up by a vase, in form like the ampJwrce of
Southern Italy of the latest period. Out of this
vase issued, on either side, an ivy branch.
The oblong pictures at either end of this room
were set in a border of wave-pattern, black and
white. Round the room, and inclosing the whole
of the inner patterns, was a broad, guilloche plait,
orange, crimson, blue, and black. The extreme
outer margin of the pavement was formed by a
broad border of white, studded at intervals with
small black stars.
In consequence of the decayed state of the mo-
saic in this room, only small portions of the figures
could be taken up.
Room C.
This, as will be seen by reference to the general
Plan, is a gallery 40' long by 12' wide, running
east and west, and terminating at the west end
in an apse. The pavement in this room was in
very good condition, and we succeeded, therefore,
in taking up nearly the whole of it in squares.
The design consisted of three compartments.
At the west end was a group representing a naked
female figure, floating amid waves and dolphins ; on
either side of her was a youthful Triton, holding up
the edges of a veil, which floated behind her. The
heads of the two Tritons were surmounted by horns,
or, perhaps, the claws of shell-fish, placed upright.