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and rubbish which have raised its level, and by the volcanic
concussions which have totally altered the face of every
thing- in this little peninsula. The aquatic apartments were
probably baths : sea-baths, if they communicated with the
waters of the canal; or mineral baths, if there was no con-
nexion between both.
Having cast a farewell glance on the beautiful lake
Avernus, I returned, mounted as before, and accompanied
by my two friends, to the sea-beach; but finding that the
chillness which had seized my limbs in the Sibyl’s cave,
would not yield to the burning rays of the sun, I consigned
Dapple to the cicerone, and tried to recover, by pedestrian
exercise, the lost balance of temperature. This plan, as to
myself, was attended with the wished-for result; at the
same time, that it proved the cause of a severe misfortune to
one of my fellow-travellers. Don Michele, probably from
fatigue, was going to avail himself of the vacant saddle,
when, in the act of mounting, a loud report announced the.
laceration of his orange purple small-clothes. On an oc-
casion like this, I had good reason to expect a storm from a
man of his temper, but my fears were unfounded—a Nea-
politan is not to be put out of humour by a trifle. Don
Michele, after gravely examining the hiatus, which was
rendered doubly distressing by its locality and the want
of drawers, exclaimed with much composure, “ non c'c
gran danno; nemmeno maraviglia, giacche siamo nelpaese
d’eruzioni*: and wittily observing, that the cause of the
evil was best calculated for its concealment, he got on the
ass more cheerful, if any thing', than before, Some people
are greatest in misfortune.!
After
* The mischief is not so great, nor is it to be wondered at, since we are in the
country of eruptions.
and rubbish which have raised its level, and by the volcanic
concussions which have totally altered the face of every
thing- in this little peninsula. The aquatic apartments were
probably baths : sea-baths, if they communicated with the
waters of the canal; or mineral baths, if there was no con-
nexion between both.
Having cast a farewell glance on the beautiful lake
Avernus, I returned, mounted as before, and accompanied
by my two friends, to the sea-beach; but finding that the
chillness which had seized my limbs in the Sibyl’s cave,
would not yield to the burning rays of the sun, I consigned
Dapple to the cicerone, and tried to recover, by pedestrian
exercise, the lost balance of temperature. This plan, as to
myself, was attended with the wished-for result; at the
same time, that it proved the cause of a severe misfortune to
one of my fellow-travellers. Don Michele, probably from
fatigue, was going to avail himself of the vacant saddle,
when, in the act of mounting, a loud report announced the.
laceration of his orange purple small-clothes. On an oc-
casion like this, I had good reason to expect a storm from a
man of his temper, but my fears were unfounded—a Nea-
politan is not to be put out of humour by a trifle. Don
Michele, after gravely examining the hiatus, which was
rendered doubly distressing by its locality and the want
of drawers, exclaimed with much composure, “ non c'c
gran danno; nemmeno maraviglia, giacche siamo nelpaese
d’eruzioni*: and wittily observing, that the cause of the
evil was best calculated for its concealment, he got on the
ass more cheerful, if any thing', than before, Some people
are greatest in misfortune.!
After
* The mischief is not so great, nor is it to be wondered at, since we are in the
country of eruptions.