_The Villa of Diomed_. "

Having visited these tombs, re-enter the city by the Herculaneum Gate,
and, returning over part of the way already taken, find the Street of
Fortune again, and there see--

_The House of the Faun_. Chap. VII.

The House with the Black Wall.

The House with the Figured Capitals.

The House of the Grand Duke.

The House of Ariadne.

_The House of the Hunt_. Chap. VII.

You thus reach the place where the Street of Stabiae turns to the right,
descending toward the southern part of the city. Before taking this
street, you will do well to follow the one in which you already are to
where it ends at the _Nola Gate_, which is worth seeing. See Chap. IV.

The Street of Stabiae marks the limit reached by the excavations. To the
left, in going down, you will find the handsome _House of Lucretius_.
See Chap. VII.

On the right begins a whole quarter recently discovered and not yet
marked out on the diagram. Get them to show you--

_The House of Siricus_. Chap. VII.

_The Hanging Balconies_. Chap. III.

The New Bakery. Chap. III.

Turning to the left, below the Street of Stabiae you will cross the open
fields, above the part of the city not yet cleared, as far as the
_Amphitheatre_. See Chap. VIII.

Then, retracing your steps and intersecting the Street of Stabiae, you
enter a succession of streets, comparatively wide, which will lead you
back to the Forum. You will there find, on your right, the _Hot Baths
of Stabiae_. See chap. V. On your left is the _House of Cornelius Rufus_
and that of _Proculus_, recently discovered. See Chap. VII.

There now remains for you to cross the _Street of Abundance_ at the
southern extremity of the city. It is the quarter of the triangular
Forum, and of the Theatres--the most interesting of all.

The principal monuments to be seen are--

_The Temple of Isis_. See Chap. VII.

The Curia Isiaca.

_The Temple of Hercules_. Chap. VII.

_The Grand Theatre_. Chap. VIII.

_The Smaller Theatre_. "

_The Barracks of the Gladiators_. Chap. VIII.

At the farther end of these barracks opens a small gate by which you may
leave the city, after having made the tour of it in three hours, on this
first excursion. On your second visit you will be able to go about
without a guide.

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