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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840. Excerpt: ... monuments, and the ruins of ancient aqueducts. They afterwards passed for many miles through a silent, deserted, and unwholesome country. The road there extended over craggy mountains, from some of which they had charming views of the country towards the sea. About a mile from Velletri they saw the ruins of the palace of the emperor Otho. The travellers passed through Terracina, formerly called Anxur, a small town on a plain sheltered by hills, and the principal church of which was originally a temple of Jupiter. They then went to Gaeta, a fortified town, built on the ruins of the ancient Formise, and near which Cicero had a villa: thence they went to Capua. The country between Capua and Naples displayed a varied scene of lavish fertility. It might, says Dr. Moore, be named Campania Felix, if the richest and most generous soil, with the mildest and most agreeable climate, were sufficient to render the inhabitants of a country happy. On the day after the travellers arrived in Naples, they waited on Sir William Hamilton, his majesty's minister at that court. The situation of Naples was an extremely delightful one, near the sea shore, at the bottom of an extensive bay, and in a country ornamented with the most beautiful foliage imaginable, and abounding in vines, olive, mulberry, and orange trees. The houses of Naples in general were five or six stories high, and flat at the top. On them were placed great numbers of flower vases, or fruit trees in boxes of earth, which produced a very gay and agreeable effect. The number of inhabitants was estimated at this time to be about three hundred and fifty thousand. Though Naples was admirably situated for commerce, trade was in a very languishing condition. The streets were crowded with people; but they seemed to ha...
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