Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Vol. 3): 3. ed., rev. and enl (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

150

CLASSICAL TOtm

Ch. IV.

of other circumstances, as enclosing and indeed
y o
in part forming' the scene of the manoeuvres of
Fabius and of Annibal. The celebrated strata-
gem of the latter* took place in a defile on the
right.
We then crossed the lazy Savone and pro-
ceeded to Franeolisi, whence ascending the hills,
we took a parting view of the delicious region
which lay expanded behind us. We had tra-
versed it in every direction, and examined its
features in all their combinations. Plains shaded
with rows of poplars and mulberries; vines
waving in garlands from tree to tree: rich
harvests bending under this canopy; hills clad
with groves and studded with houses; mountains
covered with forests; and in the midst, Vesuvius
lifting his scorched front, and looking down upon
cities, towns, and villages rising promiscuously
round his base. Add to these, a sea that never
swells with storms, a sky never darkened with
clouds, and a sun that seldom withdraws his
cheering beams. All these beauties, that pourtray
Paradise to our fancy, and surpass at once the
landscape of the painter and the descriptions of

* Tit, Liv. 1. xxii