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20 A TOUR THROUGH
celebrated for their fertility, changed into
barren wastes, and barren wastes into fer-
tile fields and rich vineyards. Mountains
sunk into plains, and plains swelled into
mountains. Lakes drunk up by volcanos,
and extinguished volcanos turned into lakes.
The earth still smoking in many places;
and in others throwing out flame.—In
short, Nature seems to have formed this
coast in her most capricious mood; for
every object is a lusus natures. She never
seems to have gone serioussy to work; but
to have devoted this spot to the most unli-
mited indulgence of caprice and frolick.
The bay is shut out from the Mediter-
ranean by the iiland of Capre, so famous
for the abode of Augustus; and afterwards
so infamous for that of Tiberius. A little
to the west lie those of Ischia, Procid;\,
and Nisida; the celebrated promontory of
Micsenum, where iEneas landed; the clas-
fig fields of Baia, Cuma, and Puzzoli;
with
celebrated for their fertility, changed into
barren wastes, and barren wastes into fer-
tile fields and rich vineyards. Mountains
sunk into plains, and plains swelled into
mountains. Lakes drunk up by volcanos,
and extinguished volcanos turned into lakes.
The earth still smoking in many places;
and in others throwing out flame.—In
short, Nature seems to have formed this
coast in her most capricious mood; for
every object is a lusus natures. She never
seems to have gone serioussy to work; but
to have devoted this spot to the most unli-
mited indulgence of caprice and frolick.
The bay is shut out from the Mediter-
ranean by the iiland of Capre, so famous
for the abode of Augustus; and afterwards
so infamous for that of Tiberius. A little
to the west lie those of Ischia, Procid;\,
and Nisida; the celebrated promontory of
Micsenum, where iEneas landed; the clas-
fig fields of Baia, Cuma, and Puzzoli;
with