Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-02-06
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adjacent hills the Romans had Their
villas. Near by IS the lake where
Nero flung his victims as food for the
nsh. On the opposite side isthe prison,
the rooms Of which were dug in the
soft rock with the naked hands OF
Christian slaves. Just below is a nat
Iural Turkish bath, a partly under
ground stream Of water so hot that
one may cook an egg held In the hands
while be walks across IT, We only
tried this experiment BY proxy. In
the same neighborhOod Is the ruin OF
the home Of Horace, the Latin poet
and htFe Is still made upon the hill
side the Falernlan wine which he i'm.
mortalized In verse, while In the same
lake are yet grown oysters and lamp
reys, OF which the fine old Roman was
50 fond. We had a Horatian dinner
on the side OF the lake. We saw the
oysters brought from their bed, a
smaller variety than the American
Blue Points, but of much finer favor
than we had expected the European
bivalye to be. The lamprey is not 50
delicious. He is too slick. Neverthe-
less old Horace was somewhat Of an
epicure as well as a literateur.
A short distance from the lake, with
its oysters, Is another lake, darker and
more inland, which in the ancient
times was called the entrance 10 bell.
In the entrance is not more dismal
popular beliefis wrong. For this lake
of Ayernus, into which II is soeasy 70
descend, now as the early days, is a
pleasant place with lighthouses and
boats and overhanging orchards and
vineyards.
On this road julius Caesar had hi;
country home. Nearby across the bal
lCaligula swung his bridge Of boats Z
celebrate bis insane triumph over th'
Parthians. And, more importan'
eyent, it was here at Pozzuoli-Put
coli as it was then known-t5at tn
greatest man who ever trod this eartl
landed on his way to Rome. Ant
here Luke tells US he STARRED sever
days" We walked out on the wa,
where Paul began his journey. From
here he went 70 Rome 70 preach tn
gospel and to die.
J TIE sI0HTs or NAPLES.
Pre-emlnent among the sights Q
NAPLES, aside from the people aud th
bay, are the Aquarium and that Ma
: tional Museum. The Aquarium ha
lsome curious "fruit OF The sea, as ID
lNeapolitans call the queer-lOoking o.
I~ljects drawn from the water. tn
humber and variety Of them is remarl
able. Probably the most interesting
, it is certainly the most repulSive
! the octopus, an ~eight-legged, habO.
I mouthed, enveloping creature.
/, Hooks like a trust. The electric eel
another peculiar water animal. 1
4 feels like a live telegraph wire 9th
dodd fish burrow In the sand, cling
. rock or sea-weed, change color and bic
oaway. The Naples aquarium is n
! the most famous in the world. III
United StatesgOyernment hasstuden
= here.
III The National Museum contains
number Of valuable and important Q
!, lects, sculpture, painting and oth
things. Many Of the remains found
I Pompeii and Herculaneum are 10 u
: museum The most famous pieces
i sculpture are the Farnese Hercules,
N powerful workmanshipand the Farn'
Bull, a graphic story in stone.
FROM NAPLES TO ROME.
The Scotch Presbyterian church, |
Free church Of Scotland, maintains
mission church in Naples OF consid
!. able size. The Baptists also have
:. mission here and there are two W
densian churches. Protestants b.
- not a very strong fOOthold in ltalys
in Naples least of all.
From Naples 10 Rome is nearly
~ all day trip even By fast train Tn
are several difirent kinds Of coaches
the Italian trains. Some are like
Spanish and English coaches, open
- on the side. Others resemble
american railway coach which op
at the end. Yet Others are comb
ton or compromise. The ltal
Locomotives, In addition 10 being nj
bered, as are American loc0moti'
are named. SayonarOla was the M
Of the locomotive which drew u u
Part Of the way. This distinguis
martyr vas succeeded by Da
Alighieri, who was not burned
Florence but banished therefrom.
We saw other locomotives beal
1.-the familiar names Of Ganym'
GarIbaldi, Cavour and Crlspi.
-. In q furious Tainstorm we reac
Rome. On the way we stopped brI
at Capua, from whence Spartacus
his famous revolt, with his gladial
against the tyranny Of his Roi
- rulers. At every step one takes 10
country he stumbles over the M
ments Of the past or is confronted
reminders Of the great part which
IA peninsula has played in the affair
Az" men.
At Rome we met, among 0
pies friends, DR.. ard Mrs. John Pickar
Columbia, who with their little
! 70 year-old daughter, Carolyn, are
tiSt fortably domiciled for the winte
lset the PrimaTera Hotel.
pei And now we become tempo
lcitizens Of the Eternal City.