Description of Plate XVIII.
VIEW IN THE SUBSTRUCTURES[248].
E. The consoles, for placing the planks of the arena upon.
E*. Consoles, now enclosed in the older tufa wall, in which holes are cut to insert them.
F. The podium.
X. Level of the arena.
a. Doorways of the small descending passages, for feeding the wild beasts in the dens below.
b. The dens for the wild beasts.
c. Blocks of travertine, to support the lower end of the masts for the awning.
d. Recesses for lamps.
e. Small drain for water, which runs round the building in front of the dens.
f. Sockets for the pivots of the capstans.
g. Brick pavement of the second century, in herring-bone pattern.
h. Line of the profiles of ancient tufa piers of arches. (These are represented by dotted lines only, as if transparent, to shew the consoles of the Flavian Emperor inserted in them.)
i*. Line of second arcade of tufa.
A. Plan.
B. Section.
The same letters of reference are used in the plan of this section.
THE COLOSSEUM.
PLATE XIX.
VIEW IN PART OF THE SUBSTRUCTURE, WITH PLAN AND SECTION.
VIEW IN THE SUBSTRUCTURES.