Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Vol. 4): 3. ed., rev. and enl (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

Dis. THROUGH ITALY. 133
naiads of Ovid,* though they have many features
in common, have also each a characteristic pe-
culiarity.
The first of these regions is the vale of the Po,
which extends about two hundred and sixty miles
in length, and in breadth, where widest, one hun-
dred and fifty. It is bounded by the Alps and
the Apennines on the north, west, and south ; and
on the east, it lies open to the Adriatic. The se-
cond, is the tract enclosed by the Apennines,
forming the Roman and Tuscan territories. The
third, is confined to the Campania Felix and its
immediate dependencies, such as the borders and
the islands of the bay of Naples, and of the plains
of Pcestum. The last consists of Labruzzo, Apu-
lia, Calabria, and the southern extremities of
Italy.
The first of these regions or climates, has been
represented by many, as perhaps the most fertile
and the most delicious territory in the known
world; to it we may apply literally the encomium
which Virgil seems to have confined to the vici-
nity of Mantua.

Facies non omnibus una
Nec diversa tamen qualem decet esse sororum, Metam. lib. it