Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-05-06
BY FRANK N. KENNEY.

October 29th we were due in
Naples. so all arose early to get the
first possible glimpse of Mt. Vesuvi-
US, the most known of all the noun
tains of the world The morning
was cloudy and therefore we were
somewhat disappointed, for we were
so anxious to see the volcano. Each
and all were hoping there would be
some evidence of it's activity. The
clouds finally cleared somewhat,
and we got view of the mountain
but the only indication of its vol
canic nature was q small cloud of
smoke lowering above it. and at
times even this was not present, and
had we not known we were gazing on
Vesuvius we would have passed on
from it with only a passing glance.
About nine in the morning we
came to Naples, the city of which so
much has been told by tongue and
pen. The Bay of Naples forms an
irregular horseshoe, and about where
the toe-calk should be, is Naples.
To the right is Vesuvius, toward the
Naples side OF Vesuvius, and near
the Bay is the site of the buried city
of Herculaneum. On the opposite
side of Vesuvius is the world-famed
location OF. Pompei.
We tied up to the Custom-Hous
dock and disembarked without using
tenders, and at this dock our ship lay
all day. Owing to our having ar
rived ahead of the scheduled hour,
we had q couple of hours for inde-
pendent action and most of the
people visited what is called the Ar
cade. or Galleria UmbertO /. Here
are located the best shops in the city.
The Arcade is one of the finest bust
ness places have seen, either here
or at home. 1t consists OF q building
divided into four parts by passages
running through it in both direc-
tions, SO the shops either face the
street or the passage way. Over
these passages is an arched glass
root and at each end the supporting
columns and arches have been beau.
tifully carved. We did not stay long
in the shopping district, as we had
only a few purchases to make, SC
took a cab and drove around the city
until noon-time.
While on our way from the steamer
to the city. we saw very strangely
assorted team drawing a cart. 1t
was an OK and horse hitched to-
gether. The OK was between the
shafts anc the horse on the outside.
They seemed to work well together
and evidently are quite common. for
later on we saw more of them. The
freight carts are two wheeled, so it
is necessary to balance the load and
this they seem to do without trouble.
Heavy loads seem to be the rule
rather than the exception. The
houses are very substantial and gen.
orally are of lava stone although in
the last few years a few brick struc-
lures have been erected. did not
see a single wooden building and was
informed there were none in the city.
After luncheon, carriages were
ready to take US sightseeing. The
first place visited was the Aquarium,
and here is what is claimed to be the
finest collection of sea-life in the
world. They do not say it is the
most extensive, but insist it is the
finest. Many. interesting things
were seen, such as the stingaree, a
poisonous fish, coral and form of
marine life which in shape appeared
to be small unfolded parachute.
The most interesting thing to me
was what appeared to be the stem of
plant. Some of them looked to be
in bloom. while others were appa-
rently only reed. While | was
watching, one of them commenced to
draw in the top and soon appeared
to be a reed, while others was gaz-
ing on, transformed themselves from
reed into the more beautiful plant
Ike shape. What kind of marine life
they were, did not know and was