Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

near the City os Naples. xyj-
You taste the cooling Breeze, where
nearer home
The Twentieth Pillar marks the Mile
from Rome:
And now the Sun to the bright Lion
turns,
And Baja with redoubled Fury burns ;
Then briny Seas and tastesul Springs
farewel,
Where Fountain-Nymphs confus’d with
Nereids dwell,
In Winter You may all the World de-
spise,
But now ’tis 'Tivoli that bears the Prize.
The Natural Curiosities about Naples
are as numerous and extraordinary as the
Artificial. I fliall set them down, as I
have done the other, without any re-
gard to their Situation. The Grotto
del Cani is famous for the poisonous
Steams which ssoat wjthin a Foot of its
Surface. The Sides of the Grotto are
mark’d with Green, as high as the Ma-
lignity ofthe Vapour reaches. The com-
mon Experiments are as follow: A Dog,
that has his Nose held in the Vapour,
loses all Signs of Life in a very little
time j but if carry’d into the open Air,
or thrown into a Neighbouring Lake,
he immediately recovers, if he is not
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