, 1879-04-20
VESUVlUS.'
An Ascent OF the Famous Neapof
tan Volcano.
Persecution of siglt-Seers by Gangs o'
Bedlamite Guides.
Descent into The Basin Containing tue LlElas 0la'
ter-.-Streams Of Eo!ten Lara.
Visit to the Exhumed Portions
Of Hercu1aneurn.

For The Tribune.
We started from Naples at o'clock on a
hcautiful October morning. The mountain lles
southeast OF the city, and the road follows Tue
line OF the bay until the beginning OF the ascent
We are scarcely out Of Naples before rcachths
the little town Of S. Giovanni Teduccto, WHICH
strayclps On to the town OF Portici where We
mss under au archway connecting two paris u
a ,,atncc: and Portic in its turn stretches ioF-
ward to Rcs1ua, which is built on the lava tat
envn1fcd Hcrculaneum eighteen centuries
aro. Going from Naples to Rcsina is' IN iact'
like pursuing continuous street, hneo WIN
houses nearly tl,e whole distance. Wnac luis
mart OF the Journey is interesting to q straneer'
m account Of tllc glimDscs it affords OF tile peo-
ule, their occupations and modes OF lie, lts
NOT OTHERWISE AGREEABLE.
The moor Of Naples are Gbout as dirty ano re-
nulsiye as can we'll be imagined, and the local
tiles that they il,aabt arc justly notorious lof
their uncleanncss and bad odors. In descflol'A'
visit TO Cologne, Coleridgc said:
counted two nd-scventy stenches.
All well defined.
Tad he visited Naples at the same PERIOD, ne
would probably have given up the count III
despair.
One Of tho prominent industries Of Naples is
tbo nannfacture Of 1naccaroni, which Is con-
dpcted on every scale OF magnitude. As we
rode through the city and the SUBURBAN to"ns'
wa Sa,v many of these establishments, which
were made conspicuous by the long poles lans
with countless strings OF naccaroni, set out IN
the street to dry. ..
At Rcsina is guides office, where we
stopped few moments to engage horses TO
take us from the Hermitage to the foot OF tNe
| conc. Before we had fairly stopped, our car
| rages were surrounded bY
SWARM OF y1LLAlAou5-LooK1SG FELLOWS,
all yocitcrating, and jostllng, aud querrelns' IN
! their efforts to hire their services. lhls us
agreeable business over, we left the town, and
| at once changed our direction to the northeast,
| and in few minutes we were winding up the
side of the mountain. We were grateful to
reach the open country, with It's vernal beauty
and pure air; nud very delightful were the un-
folding views of the clovetv bay, and OF tue city.
| which molds itself to tho superb curvature Oh
the shore, antl rises in stccps from the blue va
ters. Tile charms of it's situation are so rc-
tprrkable that Naples has been called " piece
| of Heaven let down to Earth"; and who has
not heard the expression, "Sce Naples anu
| dic'':
The mountain-sides are abundantly planted In
| vineyards, orchards, aud gardens, and are
dotted with many cottages. 0t course, the
| occupants of these houses do not know at what
hour they may be
DESTROYED BIZ TIE VOLCANO.
| There is not . town within halfa-dozen miles
t of the mountain that las not been repeatedly
| desolated. it not wholly ruined, BY its awful
shocks and irruptons; but the people continue
to build and live on the same spots,-or trihe
saea ,,'".a ~ sa~ona ,rd trustfnt AZ cvcr. The
nVes arc Us sefesaG f;, 1'a @ js asnaeialIv nro1c
sou Is n''an.? a,,rbt 1;,ar the voIcanfc senos
~! - "t1' 10y .ar,,s a,nanotionc stimulate yar,.1a-
is anu rs;a Ease ~ S;..;;,. which las noar the
ton. Ca1at; ~ o. ;,,,;,ar1r iniucncod hv the
";sth.;,..r loos u. H. z.nIc.,,,,o
heiEnoorn ndi,,r ,"iao tor thrce.onorters of an
,.,' ,o a..na tn 7ha oreat lavnstrea1n nf 1872
w., ~ ~ ~. r.s "a When occurred the frirLt-
Lt1or 10 :s ssat t,.t 9' orvne1,ncd H.rcnancn1n
, ~ va;; ~ "rotar ~ Ecsrvius was broad
aau "a -; Tr1, h,,r ~ That fine II was lifted
'uu4 ~, tl.o :" form If conc. which left deep,
~ ~ es's - -, ,tia,. hot,vsen If and tho north
sa .,rt ~ tha ,nnuntnin This valley ia called
49, s.s;e ,1,l 0,r,1lo mud the mart at the
'e,,nta;n .ne ~ tie worth ri il is known as
AZ S',nma. from the town of that name
situated at its base. The 1ava-strcaln
| OF 1872 forced tssurc IL the conc at inc afro
! del Cavallo. and flowed thence down tho west
crn side OF tie mountain; between tue VILLAGES
/
partly destroyed, -
,rruu1K,E. FIERY. nEs1sr1Ess RIVER,
| m, r.ot ,r;1,n or,1 ,,po,tv fpct decn. Tbe
3,oVv icen ,oonai | rootn~ of thr mass of lava
grauual n a,' a,s"d y ~ assnm thn stramrcst
as II no"et ~ ~ ,,.r;nl,,3 1wistet1 fofdcJ And
snapes., - - - ,hnnm,, II ware sn,nc monstro,1s
. Anoetsu' 47,oniv 30 natr;t;n3 whi1e wrirbinr in
ssepen'' .ronv rost fhc lsvn' when COOL is hard
i.us nI ~. Ir,tTie :,nf7 in color nearly black.
anu otalsae ;,r ',.u aa h,If from tht beginning nj
.,na"t az .n NV. ,.e r"arhr1 hr IIermitare.-a ston
Is!e usIsne .ae ~ tha shori1er IF lie monntnin
o!.. i,ai ~ NTH rho i,,st. of tho cone Int !
nes3 sr.n,o dtstonrc from the latter. This is
~ ~ a. 10 rr;aTrs ran m. and here we met tile
~ ~ a. ,a horscs ,l,ot wc had enrapcd Ihe
Entuan I,a1iam AN sccnn which we Witnessed nj
uoe;,an vos rencoted On somewhat
mss1nl ,n3.1;l.d scale: hut finally we were al
,no,ntoi noui ,,u1 on our way over the rough roaJ
~ t'. zone In = few minutes we PASSED tho
obs"rretorv where Prof. PaI,nic-i is Stationed tc
v.o,,.,, M, record the Volcanic phenomenal. al
t,.n o'tr,nce n the l,tinv Is tablet in mem
~. eS ~ thc 1wcntv ncrsons who were oycrtakc,
~, @ " ;o.t,vad hv fhc lavastrea1n in the Atrif
a., ata fH.sa11c IN 1S1o
vi IL e waiEers rs Of even ordinary ability, horse
fra,,, +ha Hrrn;tauc IN tht. cone
.pr f,r1rrE 1rySrcFss.pY
! ~, ., ,rnr;d1 ,.oro d,,;,lol1r +,,,o ,,,i