THROUGH

GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, ITALY,

and SICILY.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN

OF

FREDERIC LEOPOLD COUNT STOLBERG,

BY THOMAS HOLCROFT.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

Τὰ καλὰ ἐπὶ τοις αγαθοις. PLATO.

THE SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. G. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

LETTER LXIV.

Page 1.

THE palace of the Capo di Monte, its pictures,
vafes, gems, baffi-relievi, coins, and curiofities-
Pictures in the church of San Domenico Maggiore,
and of St. Januarius-Miracles, monks, and arch-
bishops Statues in the University-The Farnefe
Hercules praised and cenfured-Statues and bufts
at the porcelain manufactory-Remarkable bufts of
Vitellius, M. J. Brutus, and Homer.

Vifit to Solfatara: its burning earth and volcanic pro-
perties-Connection between the Lucrine lake and
that of Avernus-The Sibyl's grotto-Hot baths,
and eggs boiled-Ruins of Pozzuoli.

LETTER LXVI. - Page 24.

A vifit to Mount Vesuvius during an eruption-Cha-
racteristic traces of Vesuvius and volcanoes in general

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