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58 POMPEIANA.
poses of priestcraft could hardly have
escaped its professors. Accordingly we
find an account written A. D. 1062, by
B. Pietro Damiani, in Castigliano, which,
although little illustrative of the history
of Vesuvius, is curious as marking the
age to which it was addressed; and
affords better evidence of the continued
activity of the volcano than can be drawn
from the imperfect testimonials of the
historians of the age. He relates that;
In the neighbourhood of the mountain
dwelt a most devout hermit; who, one
evening seeing upon the road a quantity
of black men, apparently negroes, driving
in haste before them a great number of
mules loaded with fuel, accosted them,
expressing his surprise at the singularity
of their appearance. He was answered,
that they were all devils, that the fuel
was to burn the prince of Capua, who
was then ill; and they added that Don
Juan, constable of Naples, although in
poses of priestcraft could hardly have
escaped its professors. Accordingly we
find an account written A. D. 1062, by
B. Pietro Damiani, in Castigliano, which,
although little illustrative of the history
of Vesuvius, is curious as marking the
age to which it was addressed; and
affords better evidence of the continued
activity of the volcano than can be drawn
from the imperfect testimonials of the
historians of the age. He relates that;
In the neighbourhood of the mountain
dwelt a most devout hermit; who, one
evening seeing upon the road a quantity
of black men, apparently negroes, driving
in haste before them a great number of
mules loaded with fuel, accosted them,
expressing his surprise at the singularity
of their appearance. He was answered,
that they were all devils, that the fuel
was to burn the prince of Capua, who
was then ill; and they added that Don
Juan, constable of Naples, although in