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POMPEIANA. 65
comparative repose. From that period
the more authenticated history of the vol-
cano may be said to commence; thence-
forward we find it seldom remaining more
than ten years without an eruption. In
the year 1764, Sir William Hamilton
arrived at Naples; and Vesuvius ob-
tained an observer who has- given every
and most satisfactory information respect-
ing its phaenomena. It only remains to
the more extended observation of modern
science, to mark a few singularities in
its geological formation.
The history of Vesuvius has been
followed to a greater extent than neces-
sary to elucidate the subject of the ex-
cavated city; but it has been presumed,
that some acquaintance with an object of
which the first phenomena were so fatal
to Pompeii, would not be unacceptable.
Sir William Hamilton's excellent ac-
counts bring us nearly to the present day.
comparative repose. From that period
the more authenticated history of the vol-
cano may be said to commence; thence-
forward we find it seldom remaining more
than ten years without an eruption. In
the year 1764, Sir William Hamilton
arrived at Naples; and Vesuvius ob-
tained an observer who has- given every
and most satisfactory information respect-
ing its phaenomena. It only remains to
the more extended observation of modern
science, to mark a few singularities in
its geological formation.
The history of Vesuvius has been
followed to a greater extent than neces-
sary to elucidate the subject of the ex-
cavated city; but it has been presumed,
that some acquaintance with an object of
which the first phenomena were so fatal
to Pompeii, would not be unacceptable.
Sir William Hamilton's excellent ac-
counts bring us nearly to the present day.