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THE SUBURBS. THE CUSTOM HOUSE. --THE FORTIFICATIONS AND THE GATES. --THE ROMAN HIGHWAYS. --THE CEMETERY OF POMPEII. --FUNERALS: THE PROCESSION, THE FUNERAL PYRE, THE DAY OF THE DEAD. --THE TOMBS AND THEIR INSCRIPTIONS. --PERPETUAL LEASES. --BURIAL OF THE RICH, OF ANIMALS, AND OF THE POOR. --THE VILLAS OF DIOMED AND CICERO. "Ce qu'on trouve aux abords d'une grande cite, Ce sont des abattoirs, des murs, des cimitieres: C'est ainsi qu'en entrant dans la societé On trouve ses egouts. " Alfr...ed de Musset would have depicted the suburban quarters of Pompeiiexactly in these lines, had he added to his enumeration the wine-shopsand the custom-house. The latter establishment was not omitted by theancients, and could not be forgotten in our diminutive but highlycommercial city. Thus, the place has been discovered where the collectorawaited the passage of the vehicles that came in from the country andthe neighboring villages. Absolutely nothing else remains to be seen inthis spacious mosaic-paved hall.
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