THROUGH ITALY An. MDCCCII. Hæc est Italia diis sacra, hæ gentes ejus, hæc oppida populorum. Plin. Nat. Hist. iii. 20. BY THE REV. JOHN CHETWODE EUSTACE. SIXTH EDITION: With an ADDITIONAL PREFACE, AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE VARIOUS ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP OF ITALY, PLANS OF CHURCHES, AN INDEX, &c. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. III. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. MAWMAN, 39, LUDGATE STREET. 1821. A CLASSICAL TOUR THROUGH ITALY. CHAP. I. . Bay and Castle of Procida-Evening Hymn-Beautiful View, Observations-the Island of Vivara -Ischia, its Mountains, Eruptions, Appearance, and Population-Nisida-Vesuvius. As we passed the bay of Misenus we observed the fine appearance of that promontory; it is separated by the harbor, and by Mare morto (the dead sea) with the flat shore beyond, from the neck of land which it terminates, and thus it forms an insulated eminence, remarkable for its shape, its boldness, and its aerial elevation. After having doubled the cape, we crossed the strait which flows between it and the island of Procida. Here I VOL. III. B |