New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-14

the rock the Kissing Of the rain on the lava seem
ed to me every nov and then Ike noise deep 70
the rnountsln-the rsmbling Of earthquake II msn'
bs-snd when looked al my watch aud found tnAi a.
though boar &er toe hour for sunrise, no Ash'
reached as 4, occurred that the darkness tn'
b. produced BY the heavy clouds Of smoke rom inc
crater.
The rain rnssfested disposition 70 CEASE ana "es'J
Of our eonfortess Dositon We de'erniheo W h.'e our
breakfast Ia spite Of We er."ied on 'ne crust ye'
hot though tolsrsble - our feet asd nnsing spo'
he,s ,be h. from below still KEEP, The rock red placed
oor err. upon 10 roast toasted bread and crack
A the bottle Of Lscryms Christi have eaten break
fat "a a more comfortable plsee and under brighter
auspices. but tasted better esgs nor ate them
With better appetite. Il vii be long time before
forget that meal o. the light Of the burning lava On
vssuvius Of Winters morning, before day break ard
In a heavy storm Of wind and rain.
At last We determined that II wosld be as well 10 die
By FIRE as By water and attempted to place the two ee
mens IN opposition 20 each other and If Are would
not dry faster than rain could wet The heat vs' a.
mos, ntoIersbe but our psn succeeded TO perfection
We placed ourselves BY the side Of the fiery stream
and ere Ions learned 10 laugh at the for although
1. continued our clothes dried rapidly To be sure we
blew the SMOKE upon US. II singsd our hair and eye
b,ow. Ny blouse was burnt when laid it for mo-
rent upon tho rock where had been standing but II
wa drted A. the day advanced for day did come at
last we satisfied our curiosity by examining the spot
from which the lava flowed jast above il was steep
cone yellow with sulphur containing three crster' one
choked no bu, too bot 70 remain In although we enter
"a a. the others emitting blasts Of hot air while from
10 49, I'm Meanwhile
the rain turned into snow and wne we were crawling
on, of AZ opening the mountain too not 70 noio Us
and walking over surface, which nearly burnt our
.ho.. f, heavy snow storm was whitening the rocks
and falling upon our heads. But we were al is''
OBLIGED though unwillinsy, 10 leave go many dehsnts
and Get out 10 descend the mountains By the SIDE Of inc
h,,ning river We had become familiar with the sp
psr.pt danger ard ran the crust which SOUNDED
hollow beneath feet aud upon which the ram mss
ed a. fell stepped across the food and picAeo W
masses Of soft lava 10 stamp with coin
The current flowed a large part OF the Wsy oenea'n
thin crust occasionally appearing again and tnen ref
ipz At one point we observed what seemed 10 DO
new influx from the primary source "nere ne" cur
ran, flowed H. more liquid than the other and so Dill
liant that II was impossible to look at stesdiy A'er
walking by is side some distance, now scrsmohns o'ef
loose scoris walking upon the smooth level rock
we came TO portion where the stream bore WIN II
and on lie surface huge masses OF stone winch foieo
along and jostes one another Ike something h'ioe-
We thought Of living rock and OF the fable oil Orpoe
ms After I'd oment II occurred 70 our minds that we
too might be borne along Ike the lava ana Stepping
upoo large mass the risk Of burnt shoes and scorched
garments for four or FIVE minutes we rode down tne
mountain as DO Emperor had ever done but u was po'
method Of conveyance that one could enjoy Tor long
tine and when grew too hot and our carriage began
10 threaten overturn upon something worse tnan
snow bank, we jumped off,
The scepe became more and more majestic as we de-
.cended the current grew wider; the banks, 90 10
sneak, became higher the descent more PERCEPTIONS
IN The stresm of lava with which had made 90 "a
,,u,.r wa, now river twenty fifty feet wide,
flowing between banks thirty feet high, bearing huge
masses of rocks aud scora upon It's surface aud sending
out heat ntolersble at distance of thirty OF forty
feet The banks slso were hot and at last 90 much SO
that we we're forced to leave them AT one point the
spectacle was mos, striking. new branch united with
the one we had followed and formed at the confluence
lava cascade some twelve feet In hight. The molten
rass s.i preseryed It's slow and majestic motion but
bent with = graceful curve over the slope. We could
nerceye the line of the stream marked by ascending
smoke far down tho mountain and into the valley bu,
We had seen the most interesting portion Of IL and were
glad to relieve our burnt and weary feet by stepping
upon the sand and continuing walk xmons the vine
yards upon which the lava here and there intruded
We lunched a, peasants hut upon cake OF Indian
meal seasoned with draft Of vesuvsn wine and sitter
few miles among fields green with the 'prngins
wheat we're glad terminate our excursion al the Rail
way Station near Pompeii | sm told that for many
years no eruption OF lava has occurred SO extensive Al
,hs and sier my experience OF its extent can wei Dc
leye IL. remain your oots efNI Z. >, ~