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that lye near the Banks of the ‘Tiber.
There are Hill scatter’d Pillars and Pe-
destals, huge Pieces of Marble half bu-
ry’d in the Earth, Fragments of Tow-
ers, Subterraneous Vaults, Bathing Pla-
ces, and the like Marks of its ancient
Magnisicence.
In my way to Rome, seeing a high
Hill (landing by it self in the Campania,
I did not question but it had a Claffic
Name, and upon Enquiry found it to be
Mount SoraEte. The Italians at present
call it, because its Name begins with
an S. St iOrefte.
The Fatigue of our crossing the
penines, and of our whole Journey from
Loretto to Rome, was very agreeably re-
liev’d by the Variety of Scenes wepass’d
thro’. For not to mention the rude
Prospect of Rocks rising one above
another, of the deep Gutters worn
in the Sides of ’em by Torrents of Rain
and Snow-Water, or the long Channels
os Sand winding about their Bottoms,
that are sometimes filled with so many
Rivers: We saw, in Six Days Travel-
ling, the several Seasons of the Year in
their Beauty and Perfection. We were
sometimes Shivering on the Top of a
bleak Mountain, and a little while af-
ter Basking in a warm Valley, covered
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