The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-03
FOREIGN LETTER.
of Mount Vesuvius-Naples
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The following interesting letter is from
a prominent Cinoinnatian now travelling
abroad:
Special Correspondence of the Star.
NAPLES, Nov. 10, 1875.
Ones patience is taxed all the time
with certain class OF people that infest
all Italian cities-a class OF Cheap-John
peddlers that In Venice want to sell you
in Mosaics, and at Rome want to cut
you in she'll and stone canoes; but in
Naples they are the most persistent and
enterprising. There they will sell you
in coraIs, shells and canes, and it the
terms don't suit you they will throw in
Mount Vesuvius aud take less than half,
ana still cheat you in good style at the
end. Naples as city has few attrac-
tions.
is, however. very beautifully situ-
ated on the Bay and has some beautiful
valleys ON the rising hills back OF the
city, commanding u tine view oil the Bay
and Island Capri lscnia, and to the lett
Mount Vesuvius, the great lion of Ma
pies. There is very fine museum
here, with great many rare and won-
deriul things taken from Pompeii. Also
a remarkably fine aquarium, with col
lection strictly Mediterranean, and IS
said to be one Of the best aud most COM
plete of its kind in the world. Oi the three
hundred churches there are bat few that
are worth visiting, only to encounter "a
mob If professional beggars, guides, &C.,
&c. Pompeii, with its many tempies,
Gheaters, dwellings, stores and shops, is
OF far greater interest, without a living
soul OF the once proud and beautiful
city to relate its past glory aud history.
Only the patient laborers, as they un-
cover, day after day, in their slow mode
of excavations by Carrying Off in bask-
cts on their heads the great guam
titles of sand and ashes thai were Snow
cred down from Mount VesuvIus in A.
d. rs.
At Ponpeii we engaged guide aud
horses to make the ascent TO the base OF
the cone OF Mount VesuyIus, and from
there about two hours hard and patient
climbing and slipping back, which, by
the way, don't count up much in ascend
ing. We finally arrived at the month of
the crater, which, by the way, is rather
large mouthed critter. Ii is supposed
to he over third of u mile across from
.
some times for d few seconds. Through
the great clouds OF smoke and sulphur
no flames are visible, but it is hot enough
I to light cigar by holding 1T on lava, or
10 cook eggs. It's sight rare, terrible
, and grand, and ope d0eS not feel alto-
gether aL ease, and as the old saying Is
"where there is SO much smoke tnere is
some ire" anu IL might klndle up rather
uni leasantly, Tne oIu mountain Is pretty
I IN tfN.ta M has
raised It's altitude OF volcanic matter and
l mas left a craggy and exposed looking
! crater. The crater of 81 and '63 have
cooled of and are apparently at rest;
but those of'71 and " nave not yet cooled
down TO qu!escenJ state vi ease and com.
tort to the inhabitants III the Immediate
vicinity ON account OF many signs and
f evidences OF an eruption not far off.
Not feeling satlsned with M fist as
> cent from Pompeii, L took u rest o. one
e day and made the second ascent from
AununciatI on horseDackIto the Observa-
tory, and with friend (and guide ),inaue
tue summit in about AN hour ana three
quarters, and had an excellent view ol
Lue cratef-cooked eggs, mad all the sui
pbuf ever CAFE about smelling, lit o bad
cigar Oh tle not lava, and starred do wH
v with the loose sand and scorI9, slipping
aud sliding Lhe a scn0okboy c0asting.
= We reached tue base IN w minutes, rail.
: road time. And now 1 tnink alter all
A that, anu no worse, any one should be
satisfied with old VesuvIas.
Among The other features and unpleas-
ant things 10 come iii contact with al
Naples, outside OF its eabmea, beggirs
!. ana thieves, Is its public barying vauIts
' covering space ot more Jhan an acre
. with high, ivrDiudina-!ookingw walls aud
. deep stone yaulLs, numbering 36j-a
. vault lor the dead and unfortunate poor
q every day III The year. A stone about
two ieeL square, with ring attached, ls
!. raised up vuL of the pavement with a port
! | aDle iron wiHdla5S- the only aperture
!. 70 the vault; the corpse is then placed ii
!. anXed 6, fill of box ior the purpose.
i Guam is abLached 10 the head OF the boz
|. and raised with GHe wIHdiass to vertf
a cal pUei bIOn, alru ieg down and out Ul
means OF u bfap ioot-Doard were the poo
& eoIlIAiLbed ~ tne dark caaInber OF h0l
r rorS, Witk scarcely any elOtA.lfg and Sill
o less feeling, and there to remaln on,
O year to rot, with the aid oi lime, all.
n Lnen the ashes anu bVheS are taken 10
Y common receptacIe Tor all
h ROME, Nov. 18th.
y Since writing l have returned TO Rome
u and nave lett Naples Win lew regrets
- was compelled to chahge my pro
>. gramne In consequences of the latenes
u vi Jne season aad Gne uncertainty Of be
=. ing able 10 get up the DANUBE IN the win
, ler time from ConstantinOple to Vienna
. SO Win nov take The risk vi beng mad,
- " TUX tais winter.
q My route from hore will be to Sienna
u Florence ana Venice again, and take
~ steamer Tor Trieste and train l0r Vienna
Prague, Dresden, Berlin and Hanover
aud then down 10 France aud Paris
J. London, Liverpool, and home To CineIn
= natl, II lie ANA heaitn, wind and tide, b
:. favorable. l nope to see you in Febru
AIRY. l have written 80 much mJre thai
/ expected to write that tiiu hav
o neither time nor space to say anytnln
q about the Eternal Gity-orily that 1 an
u agreeably disappointed, and tind Rom
o 10 be live place and chuck full 9
g. sights OF rapesC interest.