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22 A TOUR THROUGH
Vesuvius itself, in the back ground of the
scene, discharging volumes of fire and
smoke, and forming a broad track in the
air over our heads, extending without
being broken or dissipated to the utmost
verge of the horizon. A variety of beau-
tiful towns and villages, round the base of
the mountain, thoughtless of the impend-
ing ruin that daily threatens them. Some
of these are reared over the very roofs of
Pompeia and Stabia, where Pliny perished;
and with their foundations have pierced
through the sacred abodes of the ancient
Romans; thousands of whom lie buried
here, the victims of this inexorable moun-
tain. Next follows the extensive and
romantic coast of Castello Mare, Sorren-
turn, and Mola; diversisied with every
piduresque object in nature. It was the
study of this wild and beautiful country
that formed our greater! landscape-painters.
This was the school of Poussin and Salvator
Rosa, but more particularly of the last,
who
Vesuvius itself, in the back ground of the
scene, discharging volumes of fire and
smoke, and forming a broad track in the
air over our heads, extending without
being broken or dissipated to the utmost
verge of the horizon. A variety of beau-
tiful towns and villages, round the base of
the mountain, thoughtless of the impend-
ing ruin that daily threatens them. Some
of these are reared over the very roofs of
Pompeia and Stabia, where Pliny perished;
and with their foundations have pierced
through the sacred abodes of the ancient
Romans; thousands of whom lie buried
here, the victims of this inexorable moun-
tain. Next follows the extensive and
romantic coast of Castello Mare, Sorren-
turn, and Mola; diversisied with every
piduresque object in nature. It was the
study of this wild and beautiful country
that formed our greater! landscape-painters.
This was the school of Poussin and Salvator
Rosa, but more particularly of the last,
who