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Title: The Percy family. The Baltic to Vesuvius
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Eddy, Daniel C. (Daniel Clarke), 1823-1896
Subjects: Europe -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston, A.F. Graves

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door without, rendered escape im-possible. 212 THE PERCY FAMILY. Was that the only one found ? No, there were others. Do tell us about them ! In one room a priest was found at the tableeating. Eating at such an hour ? asked Minnie.1 « Yes. How could they tell ? The remains of his dinner were before him.The remnant of an egg and the limb of a fowl,tell us on what he was making his repast. But the ashes would not have stopped hiseating. He was probably suffocated by the noxiousgas that came in. Was there any other ? Yes; a priest was found with some moneyin his hand, showing that he had come back atthat awful hour to rob the temple. Any more ? Yes, one man more. He was found near adoor, with an axe in his hand, and on the dooi*were the marks of the blows. The party then entered some of the shops — thebarbers shop, the apothecarys store, the butch-ers stall. In the bakers shops were found theovens ready for use, the mills in which the grainwas broken, the kneading troughs, the various
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THE BURIED CITIES. 215 articles used in the making of bread, and thebread itself, well done. In the butchers stallmeat well cooked was found. When they had seen the shops, they soughtout some of the houses of the noted citizens, andthe public buildings of the city. The house ofSallust was once a magnificent structure, andthe remains still bear many marks of beautyand finish; the house of Pansa is traced out,well arranged, spacious, and splendid, even in-its ruins. The doorway still remains, with itsbeautiful Corinthian pilasters. The house of thetragic poet, so called, which was exhumed in1824, is an object of great interest. The vari-ous apartments are full as the walls can hangwith historical paintings. As they walked about they met an old woman,withered and haggard, who looked as if shemight have been the witch of the burning fields,who followed them, muttering as if she wishedto express her hatred. They threw her a pieceof money, and she turned back. They also sawat the House of t

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