The roof of the greater part of the colonnade has been restored, and the garden has been planted with shrubs in accordance with the arrangement indicated by the appearance of the ground at the time of excavation. Nowhere else in Pompeii will the visitor so easily gain an impression of the aspect presented by a peristyle in ancient times. The main part of the house was searched for objects of value after the eruption, but the garden was left undisturbed, and we see in it to-day the fountain basins, statuettes, and other sculptures placed there by the proprietor. [Illustration: Fig. 159.--Longitudinal section of the house of the Vettii, restored. Colonnade (_l_) Large Room (_q_) Garden with fountains and sculptures (_m_) Peristyle Colonnade (_l_) Ala (_i_) Impluvium Atrium Money chest Door of side atrium Fauces (_b_) Vestibule (_a_)] [Illustration: Fig. 160.--Transverse section of the house of the Vettii, restored, showing the two peristyles. Small peristyle (_s_) End of small dining room End of dining room (_p_) Colonnade Window in right ala (_i_) Openings into the atrium Large peristyle End of dining room (_n_) Door of room (_o_) Colonnade] In each corner of the colonnade is a round fountain basin (indicated on the plan), at each side an oblong basin, all of marble. Jets fell into them from statuettes standing on pedestals beside the columns; there were two figures for each side basin, one each for those at the corners. The two statuettes at the inner end of the colonnade (Fig. 162) are of bronze; they represent a boy with a duck, from the bill of which the water spurted. The rest are of marble, and not of special interest. Among them are a Bacchus and two satyrs. The water pipes were so well preserved that it has been found possible to place them in repair, and they are now ready for use. There were also two fountains in the garden. [Illustration: Fig. 161.--Base, capital, and section of the entablature from the colonnade of the peristyle.] Near the middle of the garden is a round, marble table. Three others stand under the colonnade, one of which, at the right near the inner end, is particularly elegant. The three feet are carved to represent lions' claws; the heads above are well executed, and there are traces of yellow color on the manes. On two pillars in the garden are double busts, the subjects of which are taken from the bacchic cycle. One represents Bacchus and a bacchante (Fig. 257), the other Bacchus and Ariadne; there are traces of painting on the hair, beard, and eyes. The wall paintings of this house are the most remarkable yet discovered at Pompeii. Although the decoration of which they form a part is throughout of the fourth style, they fall into two groups, an earlier and a later, distinguished by differences in composition and handling that are easily perceived.