It consisted of a front portion, divided by the gallery of which I have spoken, all the rooms on one side thereof looking, like the chamber I first entered, into the outer enclosure; those on the other into the interior garden or peristyle.

Beyond the latter was a single row of chambers opening upon it, appropriated to the ladies and children of the household.

The court was roofed over with the translucent material of the windows.

It was about 360 feet in length by 300 in width.

At either end were chambers entirely formed of the same material as the roof, in one of which the various birds and animals employed either in domestic service or in agriculture, in another the various stores of the household, were kept.