The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-03

i Just beyond. the most noted resort q.
corrupt as 1t was noted. for the in
'dIidS and fashionable idlers of Rome
mere were famous springs here
+ when attracted the sick from man,
quarters, and it is said that the an
Gent name came from the sulphurous
: SIehch which they emitted. Puteolt
IS no longer a fashionable Watering
pace, but from other causes the same
name might be applied to the mod.
: ern P0zzuoli.
Yet here We can look upon MANY y,
'he things which st. Paul saw: the
SEA itself, fresh and clean as ever:
the encircling hills, no less beautiful
III their spring greenery than on that
spring day when Paul sailed within
their encircling arms. We can even
see the II piers of the great mole
"nlch stretched far out into the bay,
within whose shelter vessels anchored
one the Alexandrian grain ship on
winch Paul had arrived. Today we
can see the ruins of the temple of
Scraps, or the splendid marketplace
as 1t Is now thought to be. which
very likely was in its pristine glory
when Paul landed.
Tens of thousands of travellers from
many lands sail into the famous har.
| Dor of Naples every year, but com.
paratively few of them realize how
near they are to the footsteps of st. |
Paul, and how, after a short trolley
ride from the city, they can plant their
feet where he trod.
Let US take the electric car from
Largo Vittoria, where the beautiful
park, Naples famous promenade and
Rotten Row, begins; a park that
stretches for nearly mile along the
water front. Soon, however we get
beyond the fashionable quarters and
the lnnumerable hotels. The car makes
us Slow way through a slummy re-
glon where the air is rent with the
raucous cries for which noisy Naples
is famous, and the nose is assaiIed by
more than the seventy odors of Co.
logne.
Tunnel Under Positpo.
Shortly a tunnel is reached under
the green hills of Posilipo, a tunnel
almost as ancient as Naples itself,
for it was dug by the Romans to
avoid the steep climb over the precip.
tous tufa rocks Of Posilipo. Seneca,
we are told, grumbled at the dust and
darkness and the odor of this tunnel,
Ind they have not been improved since
lis day. The noise is deafening from '
ne clatter Of horses hoofs. the pat s
er of herds of goats, the grinding tor
ure OF the electric car wheels, and
Dove all the brazen Threats of the Ne
polltans who urge on their donkeys {
With an Understandable noise, guttu. t
al and grating, which seems to come
rom the innermost parts Of their anat-
my. Imagine all this noise, dupli-
ated and reduplicated by the resound. 4
ne arches of the tunnel, and one can 7
ave some idea of the grotto that h
eads him to Pozzuoli, the ancient Pu. +
coli of st. Paul. !,
Another Stun awaits US at the other p
ide of the grotto, followed by vine +,
ards and orange groves and truck h
arms, until, after ride of four or I,
We miles, the last part OF which r
ffords glorious views of the bay and u
s islands, which never lose their g,
harm, We at last find ourselves in an O.,
ther slum, more hopeless than any q,
e have yet seen on the way, and find ia
lat we have at last reached the old
uteoli, and that the electric car
ayes US but e few steps from the
,ot where the great apostle must
I'VE come ashore. %
The immediate surroundings Of the =,
eat pier where st. Paul landed are -.
filthy as any other part of Pozzuoli. a,
describable old hays leer at us from :.
g doorways; ragged and dirty chill -
en-, wholly Inacquainted with the n,
e of a pocket handkerchief, swarm ~,
ound us. Several small fishing ~.
ats are drawn up on the shore, and ~
little church, called st. Pauls Chap -.
stands Immediately behind the an. ~
INT mole. =.
The modern pier, built over the an. ~
ent mole, is truly magnificent one
solid cut stone, which runs far out
% the sweet, clean water. and by
ing out to the far end we get be- an
nd the reach Of the importunate acl
1t. II one can forget the approaches All
the pier, he can here enjoy the en- De
anting scenery of sea and shore, M
lie his mind is stimulated by mem. lid
es of the mighty past. up
Gut the volcanoes have brought sal
ssings as well as curses, for the ing
| which they pour forth becomes in did
ew years a soil Of almost incredi. Th'
fertility, like the volcanic soil OF sal
Yakima valley on our own Pacific MAJ
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