New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
VOLCANIC ADVENTURE.
..,- DIFFICULTIES OF AN ASCENT OF
VESUVIUS.


s spch things is likely TO find himself rather
pou ~ the constant reiteration OF the ancient
IT. see Naples and die" There are three
esTsrs in town just now who, on the day OF
- orrsyaL made a new watchword for them
Nl ..see Vesuvius or die in the attempt.
sts'9,r, determination herein expressed arose
me unsuccessful effort to see Vesuvius made
. ron o. s+ day of their visit. Although this ef-
I % - L. unsuccessful, 1t was, however, sufficiently
.0' 80 In its final results so that no one OF
ffs-slers ffs., has since been heard to express re-
4 =. for its occurrence
gel roent of Vesuvius is pretty generally re-
ING bv Italian travellers a costly affair
ss1ae- Of IL is 25 lire. There is pretty strong
TEE among the travelling public that any rea-
iesA means of getting to the summit Tor a
sp .rr,o than this would be welcome some at
less So e therefore attracted just by the ad-
ieiasa ei..aroent of what is called 1.-The New Road
s.1lovying is an extract from the circular:
b .xc,,rsionists who whish to ascempt to, We
& Po%mRei % are Reggeq to farfSS g. Forenza
G@g 1ge Fao 9T the eSsuTson Of is ffTansd Into
ss is included; tbe new Gi road and not u
Q cs pser as the other people ask
N-- .,rc,,lar chanced TO come to the eyes of the
u" Jewellers before mentioned, at ripe no
N ~ They were rather pressed for time lhey
q ns. nsA. orrtved from America. They had got UP
hso ro,cloek in the morning in hope which
- ,ain of seeing the rise over the bay
l",eeI After undergoing the delays or the
.n.n % quarantine and custom house. they had
Ian traatxfast in time to take a train at
hhs- 1., :, the afternoon for Pompeii. Having
80 +hat remnant OF classic CIVILIZATION, lles
w themselves late in the afternoon again
io~- - so- anything and then came he fatal cir
- 60 With il came a guide, who almost Wep'
sb enthusiasm over the beauties OF tae ne"
- and the good fortune or the TANele'9 '
- inst in time TO see the volcano al us peS'' Al
FOrO Orh h2r
s,-a the night was over put II VIII NC '-'
- .su about that by and ny
49,, .,-ee travellers had little time TO stay ABOUT
,-a.s and there was much for them 10 90 anu 70
- so that the prospect of getting Nesu'ius s'
- minds this very night was allurlls. Ao
- said that there would be plenty OF one 10
- .bs crater. 10 dine on the mountain ana 10
=. aown 10 Torre Annunziata for the ~ o cioch
~ :. u,as his earnest hope that he might re-
-, m nay if he failed to accomplish this. he
-, ovad that Is francs for each person woulo
A'. Ns., .bsolutely all expenses and charges, and
49, M extras would be asked or thought OF.
N.T1ONALTTIEs IN THE PARTY.
n.,, that recklessness whereby wickedness SO
o,sn orerreaches itself he failed TO take INTO ac
oornt the composition of the party. he cohuuo'eu
tis ueeotiations in English in which ne was pro-
s,ent and so neglected TO notice thal one VI '1e
-.-+v was an Italian and could speak the IAN
r1eg terter
bsa no means of knowing that another had some
ITCH hlood in him This one has been heard to ex-
ness regret that mis- Irish blood was SO little put
urcved lucky for the guide that 1t was no more
The third member of the party was nothing put
YANKEE but he was brought up on the principle
millions for defence, but not one cent for uioule
But this again, the guide could not know
So the party set off in a landau the driver anu
the guide on the box and the three passengers In
side and they drove for hour, with no sign OF
eettine any nearer TO VesuviUs than they were at
frst Then the carriage stopped, and the guioe
tols the travellers that this as far as II coulo
ro and that the rest of the journey must be on
horseback The three looked in one anothers
faces. each dreading the confession which ne knew
nrs- come He of the faint strain of Irish BLOOD
confessed first He had not ridden horse since ne
vas child. ten years ago, and then 1t was
scarcely to be called riding The other two con-
din their turns; neither of them mad ever
been In a saddle before. Anyway" they said, 1T
will be an adventure" And it was
Bring forth the horses! The horses were
brought; In truth, unpromisng looking steeds. The
one who had ridden when he was child volnn-
teered as became the most experienced horseman.
to take the least promising of ALL The horses were
ali small and this was bony. His hair, where
II remained of a sickly gray or dirty white'
but II had been rubbed off in many spots, and re-
reaed an unhealthy pink beneath The other
horses were only not quite so bad. The gray horse
had a man TO lead him, and each of the others
had a boy. These three shouted, Huh. huh?' in
derisire tone. and the horses started. The guide
followed fourth horse.
WHAT ONE SAYS TO AN ITALIAN HORSE.
II NAV not be known to the whole world that in
he nelghborhood OF Naples this cry OF HUH!
when addressed 10 animal means that ne is TO
TO- while noise like the long sound OF Z, much
:rswn out, means that he is to stop. The guides
tnderings who led the horses. observing the mex
perence Of the riders decided TO amuse themselves
Il their expense So they held the horses by the
sls urged them into sharp canter, and then
ihoued "E-e-ei E-e-ei" If 10 make them STOP
but al the while prodded them with sticks behind
10 make them the more. 1t may be imagined
hat each Of the riders had his own sorrows and
that one OF them had much opportunity of
rtudying the Others but 1t is believed that the one
m the gray horse made the most picturesque figure
y the three He is decidedly tall and rather thin,
and his resemblance to Don Quixote was doubtless
more obvious TO himself than to anybody else, the
'hers having. has been said, their own re-
'enhlances TO attend TO. But nobody could help
ieeing the living image Of Rosinante in his horse.
he had, perhaps little the worst of IL ALL for he
vas perfectly unable to guide the horse. which
moved preference for all bypaths and all roads
..ach . We're not the right road, while the other
,ween the walls of lava. II was great fun for the
foloes no doubt. TO the horses plunge with all
eipes out till their backs bent the other way, but
ole OF the travellers IL stirred the Irish blood.
q" Lnough its drops Were; in another IL aroused
Sss italian temperament which fourteen years In
ralcago had not eradicated, and in the third it
,,4elstnened the glorious principle of Millions
~ science, but not one cent for tribute" At last
,Is,nss ,sh blood boiled over, and its owner eX-
...e-Aeo 70 his guide exactly what would happen
IN IN ooth in this world and the next, II he made
.-e morse conduct himself in that manner again
,,s1-alned il with a wealth of detail and choice
= words which seemed almost incredible, in
sIstsnon OF their rapidity. The words were Eng
IS and the guide did not understand them, but
E ,.ne lone vas universal and after that things went
NE ane adventure took a new when a little
s-se ey the roadside reached and the travel
sgs we're told that this was place for rest. IL
mere that woman appeared with torches,
ss . me guice said that the travellers buy
.sney would be necessary for exploring the
gtuss -. me torches looked like twigs roots