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SICILY AND MALTA. 21
with all the variety of scenery that formed
both the Tartarus and Elysium of the
ancients 5 the Campi Phlegrei, or burning
plains where Jupiter overcame the giants;
the Monte Novo, formed of late years by
fire; the Monte Barbara; the pi&uresque
city of Puzzoli, with the Solfaterra smok-
ing above it; the beautiful promontory of
Pausillippe, exhibiting the finest scenery
that can be imagined ; the great and opu-
lent city of Naples, with its three castles,
its harbour full of (hips from every nation,
its palaces, churches, and convents innu-
merable. The rich country from thence
to Portici, covered with noble houses and
gardens, and appearing only a continuation
of the city. The palace of the king, with
many others surrounding it, all built over
the roofs of those of Herculaneum, buried
near a hundred feet, by the eruptions of
Vesuvius. The black fields of lava that
have run from that mountain, intermixed
with gardens, vineyards, and orchards.
C 3 Vesu-
with all the variety of scenery that formed
both the Tartarus and Elysium of the
ancients 5 the Campi Phlegrei, or burning
plains where Jupiter overcame the giants;
the Monte Novo, formed of late years by
fire; the Monte Barbara; the pi&uresque
city of Puzzoli, with the Solfaterra smok-
ing above it; the beautiful promontory of
Pausillippe, exhibiting the finest scenery
that can be imagined ; the great and opu-
lent city of Naples, with its three castles,
its harbour full of (hips from every nation,
its palaces, churches, and convents innu-
merable. The rich country from thence
to Portici, covered with noble houses and
gardens, and appearing only a continuation
of the city. The palace of the king, with
many others surrounding it, all built over
the roofs of those of Herculaneum, buried
near a hundred feet, by the eruptions of
Vesuvius. The black fields of lava that
have run from that mountain, intermixed
with gardens, vineyards, and orchards.
C 3 Vesu-