St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-06-18
NUMBER FOURTEEN.


Naples and its beautiful Bay-Ihe City
and its People--Airy Summer Cos
tumes-The PalasSo ReaIe-The Ma
tiOnal Museum-POmpeia Relics-An
Excursion to the Summit of VesuUius
The appearance of the Crater-A
ToilSome Ascent and easy Descent-A
Visit to Pompeii-Capri and Sorrento
Pisa and its Sights-Ihe Cathedral,
Baptistery, Leaning ToiUer and Campo
Sdnto-A Rdil,Cay aUith a fe,0 Tunnels
-GenOa-Milan and its Famous Ca
thedrdl.
HOTEL GRAND BRETAGNE
-REICHMANN, MILAN, ITALY, 1879.
1 had intended to give detailed ac-
count of our visit to Naples, but find
that move too slowly. To record all
that the Tourjee travellers saw and en-
ioyed would make these letters stretch
out to an interminable length, and
overtax the patience of your readers.
Therefore l must briefly run over some
of the pleasant experiences of our entire
excursion.
NAPLES AND ITS BAY.
It was warm weather when-we-w were
In Southern Italy, but not so overpow-
eringly hot as we had expected. 1t was
an easy matter, though, to fall into the
custom OF the better class of the Nea-
politans, and, rising early, to take sea
bath at some of the great bathing es-
adjustments which line the shore. At
some of these places hundreds of bath
ers would be congregated, but it must
be said that as many thousands evil
IDENTITY remained at-home without their
bath. Our hotel, the Washington, was
charmingly situated near the beginning
of the fine driveway, the Riviera di
Chiaja, and with a magnificent outlook
upon the beautiful Bay, across which at
night shone the silvery moon and the
red beacon fire of Mount Vesuvius. The
Bay of Naples deserves all the encomi-
ums it has received from exstatic writ
ers, and whether viewed in the sunlight,
or in the dim, mysterious uncertainty
of the evening, when thousands of
lamps glimmer along its fair shores, it
seems like the creation of enchantment.
THE INHABITANTS OF NAPLES.
Naples itself has all the signs of a
great city, including crowded streets,
dirt, rags and squallor. There are fewer
rags, possibly, than elsewhere, for the
reason that they are in many cases dis
carded altogether. 1t seems to be a
study among the lower classes in Ma
Piles to get along with as little clothing
as possible, and thousands of children
of both sexes solve the problem by
wearing nothing at all. The original
tailor of the burlesque troupes must
have been a NeapOlitan, to have sug-
gested such minimum of wearing ap-
parel. The dress of the fishermen and
boatmen of Naples is easily reproduced
with an open shirt, an exceedingly
short pair of trousers and a handker-
chief for the head.
THE ROYAL PALACE.
Everybody goes to the Palazzo Reale
or Royal Palace, on his first visit to Ma
Piles, and then to Museum, after which
there are numerous churches and many
other places worth visiting. The pal.
ace was built in the early part of the
seventeenth century, but suffered great
damage by fire in 1887, and has since
been rebuilt. 1t contains great mum.
Der of gorgeous apartments and some
fine works of art. Adjoining the palace
is the famous theatre, the San Carlo
and the other principal theatres of the
city are in the same neighborhood. The
opera flourishes in Naples to as grea
an extent as in Milan, and the city ha,
several establishments devoted exclu.
sively to this form of amusement. i
was, of course, out of season for the
opera and the chief houses were closed
but numerous summer theatres were il
full operation.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.
The National Museum is spacious
building filed with the collections be
longing to the Crown, the Farnese col.
lections from Rome and Parma
those formerly kept at the palaces o
Portici and Capodimonte, and the exca
waited treasures of Herculaneum, Pom
peii, Stabie and Cume. The Pompeiar
antiquities and objects of art, and the
! broDzes from Herculaneum, are exceed