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FIRST LATIN

READER

75

CANIS Just inside the street door of a Pompeian house is found worked mosaic of the pavement this representation of a watchdog.

into the

The words Cave canem

signify

" Beware of the dog."

HORAE

The Romans twelve

Above

equal is

divided the time between sunrise and sunset into

hours

long in

shown a sundial used

public baths at Pompeii.

summer, and to

mark

short

in

winter.

the time in the great