Show though tho ilo victims of 0 the great crup crop ti lion OIL of Vesa vesuvius vius in A do D av lived so 0 o long ago they were our ollow follow creat arcs and it is is impossible to recall their late ly one might think to recall it on the spot wit without ilont a tooling feeling of 0 horror sir william Will iain oell goll cati mated tho the number of people who perished at 1300 but during recent occa rations so fio many bodies have haco been fonna that hint it stems to havo have been far greater gall whon wo we consider co that closely as via tile inhabitants abitanta inh were packed pompeii was still but a little place the proportion of deaths appears ap pears largo it 18 of course satisfactory to the he antiquary to reflect that the misfortunes of pompeii have hare leon a great gain gaia to modern knowl edge the manaem of the ancient ROS are better known to us by n m hat bolt las been discovered hero here under unde r tho the ashba lea then than by all tho the pictures pi ciares or statues or writings exi exhorting orting the town has hag been very recently rebuilt soil and the remains are of 0 one ona period but the decorations uro tire remarkable for or their rarity a as well BS as tor for their fresh ness in filet the matt of pictorial art in the first century bo be almost unknown to us but lor for tho the frescoes from the house of tile tho tragic poet aud the beautiful wall paintings now dourla ia tho the naples in tle the saturday |