Part 3

Modern and Recent Plumbing Fixtures—Passing of the Marble Lavatory—Public Wash Houses—Public Comfort Stations—Conclusion 119

List of Illustrations

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1 Rebekah at the Well 2

2 Well at the Rancho Chack 4

3 Ancient Roman Fountain at Corinth 6

4 The Cisterns at Carthage 7

5 Pole and Bucket for Raising Water 8

6 Ruins of Ancient Cisterns 8

7 Old Roman Water-Wheel 9

8 Water Carrier with Jar 9

9 Water Carrier with Goat-Skin Bag 11

10 Pool of Siloam 12

11 Pool of Solomon 13

12 Aqueduct near Tunis, Leading to Ancient Carthage 14

13 Ancient Roman Well 15

14 Ruins of a Roman Aqueduct 17

15 Distant View of the Claudia Aqueduct 18

16 Near View of the Claudia Aqueduct 19

17 Aqueduct in Ruins, Ephesus 20

18 Roman Aqueduct, Segovia, Spain 22

19 Water Tower and Roman Ruins, Chester, England 23

20 Roman Water Pipes, made of Bored-out Blocks of Stone 24

21 Trophies of Marius 25

22 Old Roman Lead and Terra Cotta Pipe 26

23 The Women's Baths, Pompeii 28

24 The Cloaca Maxima. From an old woodcut 31

25 The Cloaca Maxima. From a recent photograph 32