Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 280
A STREET IN NAPLES. AROUND THE BAY OF NAPLES. 265 by the hot ashes. We shall find, however, thelower parts and the courts of nearly all the housesstill standing, and many of them in good condition.The first thing which excites our surprise is theextreme narrowness of the streets. They all arewell… … have raisedsidewalks,which leavebarely roomenough be-tween for two chariots or narrow wagons to passeach other. Here and there are high stepping-stones, by which the Pompeiians crossed the streetsin rainy weather, when there must have been agreat deal of running water in these narrow road-ways.…
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