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

V.8 From Naples to
Eccc terr^motus fassus eft magnus. I be-
lieve every one who sees this vast Rent
in so high a Rock, and observes how
exactly the Convex Parts of one Side
tally with the Concave of the o-
ther, must be satisfy’d that it was the
Effect of an Earthquake, tho’ I question
not but it either happen’d long before
the Time of the Latin Writers, or in
the darker Ages since, for otherwise I
cannot but think they would have taken
notice of its Original. The Port, Town,
Castle, and Antiquities of this Place
have been often describ’d.
We touch’d next at Monte Circeio
which Homer calls Infuia whether
it be that it was formerly an Issand, or
that the Greek Sailors of his Time thought
it so,. It is certain they might ealily
have'been deceived by its appearance, as
being a very high Mountain join’d to
the main Land by a narrow Traci qf
Earth, that is many Miles in Length, and
aimoil of a Level with the Surface of
the Water. The End of this Promon-
tory is very rocky, and mightily expos’d
to the Winds and Waves, which per-
haps gave the first Rise to the Howl-
ings of Wolves., and the Roarings of Li-
nos, that us’d to be heard thence. This
I had a very lively Idea of, being forc’d
to