The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-22
VESUVlUS As
SEEN BY
HADLEY
PoMPElI AND HERcULANeAN AL.
so ARE VISITED.
Cities That Were Buried For Centur.
les and Wore Looked Upon as
Mythical-Wonderful Sights.

devote a portion of IL TO giving you
an outline of some of the things which
attract strangers to this interesting
city and its still more interesting vi
cinity. DR.. Forbes, who accompanied
me this far on my trip. is now in
Vienna doing postgraduate work IN
one OF the universities there.
Tomorrow | sail for Sicily and eX-
pect to spend two or three days each
At Messina Palermo. Catania and
Syracuse and then continue 10 Greece,
stopping two days en- route at the
Isle of Crete, famed in Greek myth.
ology as the abode OF the gods"
expect 10 find Rev Elderkins broth.
er In Athens, and after a short So
journ there, shall go on to Turkey and
Egypt from which point my course is
indefinite.
These sea trips are much more
adaptable for letter-writlng than a
tour on the continent and l hope to
furnish you with an account of some
OF the interesting things the doctor
and l saw in Holland, Germany, Swift
erland and Italy.
Baedeker gives the ordinary tourist
three days in which to digest" the
sights Of Naples. In my mind that
much time can well be spent in tho
museum alone. although ] would ad-
wise some of the outside trips first.
We first climbed VcsuTuS, taking
the rack-and-pinion railway to the foot
of the cone and continuing to the
craters edge on foot The rail trip
is interesting all the way. Climbing
a steep grade one passes through sew
eral miles of fertile farming country.
gardens. vineyards. etc, and crosses
the still. bane lava stream OF 1858. A
bit farther the great outflow of 1872
is reached, presenting a most novel
sight the molten lava having cooled
and shrunkcn into all the fantastic
shapes OF an ice jam. The cable tram
up the cone was destroyed by the
eruption of 1906 so that one still has
a considerable climb to the summit
] would say Il Is about as high as
from Malan's Heights to the top OF
Observatory Peak and the last lap"
Is pretty bad going. the ashes 0ikc
sand and graveD yielding under foot
and the mountain so steep that the
average mortal seeks aid OF sturdy
guide or two with their "aiutos" or
pulling straps. We did not and were
complimented upon our Utah legs.
Finally reaching the summit. the
first acquaintance with real, live
volcano is mighty interesting. al
though somewhat disappointing to one
who anticipated scenes OF boiling
lava, subterranean rumblings. etc.
| The crater Is several hundred feet
| deep. two or three times as far across,
the bottom is perhaps 200 feet across
| and Is simply q flat bed OF gravel
| Steam issues in clouds from hundreds
! OF small vents around the sides OF
the cliffs from the bottom to the top
but there isn't sound 10 be heard.
The mountain has been quiet for g
! year or two and looks about as formid
I; able as Ben Lamond, near Ogden
| would look II a cloud OF steam could
be seen issuing constantly from Its
summit Vesuyius has had an impOr
tant position In the fortunes OF rath
or misfortunes of the people Of this
vicinity for a right smart SPELL as
a Kentuckian said yesterday, and Is
yet wholesomcly respected.
1t IS about 1000 feet high. and, in
ancient times. according to the geog
rapher. Strabo. who lived before
Christ. 1t had remained quiet So LONG
that it's dangers were entirely forgot
ten. In A. d. 62 the mountain was
convulsed by an earthquake and few
years later broke out with fearfu
consequences. hurling gravel and mol
ten lava to enormous distances anC
burylnG Pompeil and Herculaneum tC
depths of from 10 to 100 feet. Since
that time some 20 eruptions have beer
recorded. including the one three
years ago in which great masses o
rock were shot hundreds of feet int
the air, lava and gravel were elected
and ashes settled over the city o
Naples sufficiently TO necessltate con
stant use OF umbrellas and scyera
roofs gave way under the accumula
ton
! We visited Herculaneum which, un
like PompeH, was buried under mu'
and lava. Lava flowed into the city
filled up the easements. the streets
the houses and then flowed over tn
roofs and continued until some part
of the city were buried TO a depth o
100 feet. afterward hardening int
rock,
In visiting the theater. we descend
ed through tortuous tunnels an
down stairways mined out OF the soil
laya-rock and then. following olosel
our guide with the candles. we thread
ed our way through the corridors c
the buried edifice. examined the ma
bic seats, orchestra pit, stucco ceiling
and painted walls. much OF which ha
been carefully exposed once more
The admiration of mankind. Some po
tions of the city have been excayate
] from the surface and are now expose
to daylight =,
The modern city OF Resina was bui
upon the masses of lava which owe
lie Herculaneum, the founders hui
dreds of years ago. little dreamln
that beneath them lay buried Gil
of wonderful culture and wealth. Tn
t work OF excavation is at present di
g continued owing to a lack OF funds.
At Pompeii the work is still pro
resslng under the watchful eye OF II
Italian government. and one cam,
approach within a considerable di
lance while the workmen arc engage
In their labors. This is TO guar
against possible corruption OF the
s borers by persons who might GOV
C treasures liable TO be discovered
any moment.
Pompeli was buried under an II
mense deposit OF volcanic ash. Mo
!, OF the inhabitants were able TO escal