Description of Plate XIX.
VIEW IN PART OF THE SUBSTRUCTURE, WITH PLAN AND SECTION.
E E. The consoles.
F F. The podium.
a. Entrance to the descent to feed the animals.
b. One of the dens.
c. The stream of water in front of the dens.
f f. The sockets for pivots for the capstan to work in.
g g. The original pavement.
h h. Piers of tufa in front of the dens.
k k. Long and lofty chamber under the gallery, in which are seven sockets for the pivots of the capstan to work in.
y. Mouth of the great drain, with the iron grating.
z. Site of the sluice-gate, and groove for it to work in, as a portcullis.
A. The Plan of this part.
B. The Section of it.
THE COLOSSEUM.
PLATE XX.
PORTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IN THE PRINCIPAL GALLERY.
PORTION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IN THE PRINCIPAL GALLERY.