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Show A lll'IIMMI MUUMAIY. A IiuriTi.ii from Xailee, date.1 July T,ia;t tho f raj lion of Vrauvlut lalncrea.log; and that a .trong earth-quake earth-quake ihock waa felt at Trotalone, In lha rovluco of ('awuloro, Tho In. telllgcnre naturally carrlea on. back HIS yeari, lo that lerrlblo day.lu Auguat A. I). 71", when Iho cljy ol IVrajcll wai deelroye.1 by an eru lion or tbla aaiuo volcauo. Tli doomed city alood at the foot uf tho mountain dotu to Hi Hay ol Nalce. It waa a favorite ree.nl of the wealthy Hoinane. Ckero had a villa lu lla tubulin, In which ho wrote hla famoua 'Onlcre,' aud elitertalued aa gut-ele, Atlguatua LiAtar, ItalUia, Illrtlua and I'anta. Claudlut found a rcfuga her from lb. tyranny of Tlberlue, aud Dru.ii, tba ton of Claulluadled In 1'uinpi'll. It waa In IMt that Urd Lylton pub. Ilabed bit famoua work, "Die l,.,t Dayaof 1'ompoll," In which la given a roall.llo picture of what arenea were wltueaanl on Ihat hortlblo night, Thlt Imok brought vividly before tho Hng. Hill reeling tibllo one ul tho mo.t dreadful dramat of rlaulo Italy. Though the dlMvovorlta made .luce dltprov much of th. grout wrlter't buajliury wonl.palullug, yet It aim coiitlnueatb iuo.1 readablo let of literature o that ml Jcct. Th opinion of men who have ma le a clo. etudy of I'ouipell la, that It waa acily uf lod.OW opla. Up to (, protenl aboul Sduo Mica bao Uwn rrcovertvl from lla ruin.. Tacltut, the llonian hl.torlan, nakt of an earth. uku wblch took placo In A I) 11 iktlroymg nearly hair of tho city of I'uiupell, aud rautlng iiumbtri uf II-pee) II-pee) I to lot Ihelr reaeou. The eruption which dettroyed th clllee of fompell, Ilerculaneum and ritabho orcurre.1 In Hi afternoon of Augu.t 21, A. I). 79. I'Huy, 111" Ciraoui naturalltt, peilthed In Ihlt eruption. Ilo wat In command ol the llomau fleet near Mltenum, and leelng th awful clouda which aroto from Veauvlue heiet ofT for HUblra lo atccr-Uln atccr-Uln lha caure, but on landing In thai town hawataulloc-ilol by III deadly Tipnre from lb eruption. I'llny lb younger, nephew of lha man who perlahed, wat alto at Mltenum al tho lime. ItowoulJ her accompanied hit uncle on Ihat evening, but wat butlly engigeJ In ilu lying loma ipeclal tuljecb Two lellen written by idm, an I ailred lo Tailtut, are .till eiUnl. They contain full and accurate dracrllllont of Iho fearful cata.trophe. In one he dcactlbw th Ulofroniill on th night of th eruption ai futlowi: "Nothing there wat lo b. heard but the blltka of women and children) Ibecrlea nf inmiaome calling for parentt,nthert rorbiitbandt an I wltea, olhera Um Ihelr farmlle gwltl one laurfnUng bit own faie,anlriir Hut of hla famllyi torn wlihlngtodlefrnnl the fftr of dylngl bullbegrealer pail Imaglulrig thai tho latt and eternal night wat come which w.abnWrortlrt wotllarelllagoiltlo. gether. Meanlllue a rlo of lira fell around at, mlte.1 with eln ieia end iho. which wo were ubllrtl n..w an I then to abakeolf, olhtrwlae we ehonl I have beau eiuabed and lurled In tba hoap." Ilerculaneum waa a much larger city than Pompeii. That waa alto deelroyedontheime night. Hut tho fate tf the peiple there wai .till more horrible. A flood of llqult nrolntb ehaiof lava poured Into lha town, dntroylng completely life and I ro erly. Pumped waa luotlly atTcctrd with cln lera and duit, Ihut tnabllug thouuuJa of vv lo lo iK.pc, and evi li giving Ibem an op.iitunlly to recover Ihelr valuabkt. Abxit 111) A. I), a imall hamlet itooilonor neir the mint o! oil Pom. ll,but another eruption In I hit year ueetrojrdIL Th Uco wat entirely abandoned after thla. Keen the ill ol the ancient town wot for ccutmlet unknown. lulJHapoitant, while digging a well, came un eumo italiuiy. The King ol Naplnt ordered further eicav atlona an! Pompeii wat again made known to th world. I.vr ilnre, woik haa tvun proeocuted among th ruin., and citiunlvo dUooverlta liavo le-enmale. Iagnlflccntiubllo build lDgahavlulald bare. Th trnipliw of Venut, l.l.andJui Iter wore grand itructurce, mmatirlug each In length S fret. The aiiiphllhntrr, cabla of aiTOminodatUit i.'tn aranne. wat mw mwroeerwi. Howovur, llio art Irraaurra rrcurrrod from a rt of Ilerculaneum far etceetlt In wullli anytlilogyttfniud In l'onill. Veauvlua u auliury mountain, rlalng itinelll froui tho Campania valley. IU altltuio la eallmaled at about tXkHrct. It la about ten mllra mile from Napltt. Hlnco A. II. 1 It baa been known u in active volcano, and up to th proont tlmo hat thrown out about ililyerui Hunt. In th. 472 erii-llouthaahti fell at Conilantlno pte, cautlng terror ven there. In 1770 there wat a grtat eruption, but one ftrtoru Jroit after deatroyed tho (own ofTorredcl (Irrco. Th earlliqakia accomitinylng llie oc.cot acllvlly are eourcta ol niuili cvntleinalloii even to Iho opt of Narlra. II I. Ihonght that a violent rruttlou attended ly much Kltmlo dl.turbanco would row lava aud fc-orlao to reach even aa far aa Naplet. Tlie luhabllanla of that clly though In a iscatur proud of Ihelr 4clureme neighbor, wllh lla graceful curling imokr, and lu vivid flna at night, yd entertain a tecrct dread that oneday It wllllrlng to them a terrlbla vltllallon. AnJ, ludewl, identlaU ay that .Vaplra. looncr or later, will b a doomed city. |
