Gell, William; Gandy, John P. : Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii (Band 1) (London, 1824)

POMPEIANA. 69

vain to the terror-stricken inhabitants of
Torre del Greco was the head of the
patron saint brought forth in procession.
In vain did the Archbishop oppose his
unliquefying blood to the fury of Vesuvius.
The fiery torrent, uninfluenced by his pre-
sence, rolled on its course to the sea,
laying waste and burying their town in
its accumulation; but of a population of
18,000, fifteen individuals only are sup-
posed to have perished1; the mass having
with difficulty saved their fives, obliged to
abandon all their goods and effects. Torre
del Greco is perhaps reserved for the re-
search of the curious ; after another in-
terval shall have elapsed, its images may
be again brought forth, and another mu-
seum may be formed of its remains when
those of Portici and Naples shall exist
only in the pages of the antiquary.

1 Many escaped next day over the scoriae upon the sur-
face of the burning lava; and thus did a fire-work-maker
save his stock in trade and gunpowder; his house having
been surrounded, but not entered, by the lava.