Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-12
ROBIN" ABROAD.



Is laid, consequently wei gave it wide |
berth, and kept to our own feet instead.
Each adventurous climber had "a man |
to pull you," and pull you he did. can |
most Faithfully vouch, for was nearly |
pulled limb from joint. From this time
shall be able TO fainily.imagine the tor
lures of the Inquisitionp However, l
fear, am doing smy good Salvatore ap-.
parent injustice, for more faithful and
kiudlv-hearted puller there surely never
WAS. The trouble was all with the pullee,
who wasn't accustomed to Vesuvins.
Olingng desperately TO the handkerchief
which vas kpotted into a strap passing
over her Salvadoro's shoulder, your cor
respondent struggled over and mp great
blocks of rough, Jagged lava, and through
sharply sloping beds OF lava sand and
psbbles, in which the foot sank to the
ankle at every step. Frequent pauses
were made for rest, when everybody sauk
upon the harsh ashes, in utter exhaustion.
Once 1 fell, and my helpful Salvatore
threw away the and gave me his good
left arm instead. Never was cavaliers
arm 80 gratefully received before, and so
vigorously chung to- How that man ever
got me to the crater of that mountain l
cont know, but certain am that arrived
there, and Witnessed such q brilliant dis
play of natural fireworks as | never
dreamed of before, and cooked an egg in
the hot steam issuing between the rocks
at my feet, ate the egg and saved the shell
as Il souvenir
Another road was taken downward,
straight through the soft lava sand, in
which We sank literally above the knees at
every step, and down which we plunged
on half run, leaning backwards at very
considerable angle to keep our balance.
Some good angel whom | afterwards dis
covered was Andrea, the natty little Italian
captain of the guides, came out of the
early dawn and gave me his arm, and so,
between the two dark skinned strangers,
plowed my way to the unhappy little pony
who was not ut all willing to start on his
part of the descent. Salvatore gave me
his big club and told me to beat the animal
while he dragged him by the bride, but
couldn't lay it on sufficiently hard so he
resumed his own sounding whacks, and at
last we started.
Never was such guide and ''pulla" as
Salvatore. Don't forget 10 Ego for" him
if you ever try Vesuvius. As | rode my
pony he said
''If you was shentlemans and not ladee,
you would ride on my shoulders !"
"Wha-what Z"
when you tired going up mountains
eef you shentlemans was, eef you panta-
looms wear, carry you on my shoulder
So" and he designated the manner in
which the Old Man of the Sea is popu-
larry supposed to have bestrode Sinbad.
"Oh, yes continued my swarthy COM
panion, 81 carry up big man one, two
night ago; / strong all same as horse"
As we rode back to Naples we saw the
sun rise in all its glory. ..=.
You would scarcely believe it, but SO
well had our trip mp Yesuvius been
planned in the cool of the night, that
bath and breakfast SO refreshed US that we
started immediately, without going to bed
at all, on an excursion which had been
planned to the Island of Capri. OF that
long days sail on the beautiful blue
Mediterranean, when we dozed blissfully
in our chairs; Of the noon rest and dainty
dinner at the hotel on the island even Of
our visit to the wonderful Grosto
on the coast, TO enter which we
had to lie flat in the little row boats, and
once in which we saw the most marvellous
sapphire blue water, blue walls and roof
all of the fairy-like, liquid, silvery blue
of all this charming, dreamy day cam
not write, but must close abruptly, or l
shall be left here at Naples, instead of
going back to Rome half an hour hence.
We remain in the Eternal City till Mon.
day afternoon, when we leave for Pisa ;
thence to Genoa, Turin and Milan.
..... ROBIN.