CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Statue of San Gennaro-Portici-Lava-Torre del Greco- Page 1 CHAPTER II. Miscellanies-Naples-Inhabitants-Austrian Troops-Albergo dei Poveri―Thomas Aquinas-Giardino Reale-Malaria 16 CHAPTER III. Papyri-The Province of Naples-Solfatara-Capuchin Convent CHAPTER IV. Studj Pubblici-Ephesian Diana-Piazzo del Mercato-Corradino-Maria del Carmine-Massaniello CHAPTER V. Tomb of Virgil-Hermits-Beggars-Bronzes of Pompeii and Herculaneum 24 34 45 Last View of Rome-Lake of Monte Rossi-Ronciglione-Mons Ciminus-Volturnum-Lake of Bolsena-Lorenzo Nuovo- Genoa-The Fanale-The Burial-ground---The Gulf of Genoa- Nice-The French Coast-Villa Franca-The Paglione-The Sospello-The Valley of Chiandola-The Roya River-Saorgio Set off to see the Vaudois-La Torre-Church Service-People- PROTESTANT VIGILS, &c. &c. CHAPTER I. The Statue of San Gennaro-Portici-Lava-Torre del Greco-Pompeii -its Situation-House of Diomedes-The Tombs SkeletonsPublic Baths The Forum-The Basilica-The Temple of Jove-of Isis-of Esculapius-Temple of Hercules-The AmphitheatreHerculaneum-The Theatre-Pliny. POMPEII. WITH the vast cone of Vesuvius continually before us in our walks and rides, it was impossible not to desire to ascend it; but this required strength which we did not as yet possess; still we determined to see the effect of its eruptions. On the 6th of February, 1827, at eight in the morning, without feeling any inconvenience from the cold, we left Naples in an open calèche, and passing through really sickening sights, and sounds, and smells round the Bay, and through the port for the shipping, we reached the bridge of Maddalena, thrown over the small stream Sebeto. Sopra questo ponte e situata la statua di San Gennaro erettavi in occasione della grande eruzione del vicino Monte Vesuvio succedata nel 1767; la quale minacciava l'incendio di Napoli, mai che poi cessò appena giunta in questo luogo la sacra testa del santo;" and there stands the 66 VOL. II. B |