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

Neighbourhood of Rome. 2.89
the former. We left the Road for a-
bout half a Mile to see the Sources of
a Modern Aquedudt. It is entertaining
to observe how the several little Springs
and Rills, that break out of the Sides
of the Mountain, are glean’d up, and
conveyed thro’ little covered Channels
into the main Hollow of the Aqueduft.
It was certainly very lucky for Rome,
seeing it had occasion for so many A-
| quedudts, that there chanced to be such
a Range of Mountains within its Neigh *
bourhood. For by this means they could
take up their Water from what height
they pleased, without the Expence of
such an Engine as that of Marli. Thus
the Claudian Aquedudt ran Thirty Eight
Miles, and sunk after the Proportion
of Five Foot and a half every Mile, by
the Advantage only of a high Source
and the low Situation of Rome. Pal<£-
flrina stands very high, like moll other
I Towns in Italy., for the Advantage of
the cool Breezes, for which Reason Vir-
gil calls it Altum, and Horace, Frigidum
Pr^enefte. Statius calls it Pranefte. Sa-
crum, because of the Famous Temple
of Fortune that stood in it. There are
j Hill great Pillars of Granite, and other
Fragments of this ancient Temple. But
i the molt considerable Remnant of it is