Show A egypt p february 0 editor deseret jn alews aws T will commence where I 1 closed my last letter at naples them thee theaty ty of naples contains a population of over a half million it is beautifully situated on the slope of a range of hills bordering the mediterranean term nean including its sulu suburbs ibs lbs it is nearly eighteen miles in circumference cum curn ferenee ference the streets like those of most other cities of europe are generally narrow though some are aro wide handsomely paved and bordered derei dered with elegant buildings build buildings inTs five six and seven stories high IV we noticed in many parts of the city that the lower stories are built without windows air and light being admitted through the door in front which is generally large always standing open except at night when the occupants retire to rest these apartments were swarming with laboring people many of whom appeared in great poverty we have visited no city where so much begg begging ingis is practiced as in 1 naples maples in many places beggars thronged thron ged us by multitudes we visited pompeii distant a few miles from 11 naples aples and spent several hours in walking through the streets and examining its interesting and mournful ruins in the year AD 63 the city was partially destroyed by an earthquake the inhabitants abandoned the town but returned directly afterwards and it had regained nearly all its splendor when at midday on november AD 79 the arrup tion destined to destroy it com fenced the wooden roofs 0 of f the houses were either set on fire or broken in by the weight of the matter deposited on them it is thought that inasmuch as but few skeletons have been found nearly all of the inhabitants were enabled to escape they returned soon afterwards ter wards to dig the soil in which the town was buried and carried away the valuables ables left in their houses and s some x ne precious objects from the te public 1 e edifices the villa of diomede is one of the largest establishments the remains of seventeen persons were found there during the excavations some of them were shown us at pompeii others we saw in the national niu alu museum in naples close by the garden gate of this villa were discovered the skeletons of the proprietor and his attendant one holding in his liand hand the keys of the villa the other a purse which contained one hundred gold jold and silver sliver coins y Q quite mite wite a large portion of the city is liow biow now mow excavated exhibit exhibiting ino streets private buildings temples theartres theatres the atres fountains wine cellars squares ac ac in a won erful state of preservation the whole resembles a large magnificent town the inhabitants of which had suddenly sud Bud denly nned fled id or t gone 01 out A on a general excursion in returning to naples we stopped a short time in herculaneum Hercula which contains some objects of interest the ancient theatre has been excavated which appears to have consisted of nineven nin nine eien elen en tiers of seats sufficient to accommodate ten thousand thousand persons its orchestra is twenty six sh feet below the sur surface face race of the present town risina the next day we spent a few hours very agreeably in the cele leb rated museum of naples which contains a vast number of apartments richly stored with relies relics of ancient art and science and constitutes utes a general depot of the two ancient cities pompeii and hereu laneum and other localities of naples an and 1 l sicily the secret cabinet net w which aich was formerly closed to all visit visitors ors is is now open to gen tiemen but instill is still closed to ladies and the catholic clergy its contents exhibit in a striking manner the dissipated public taste and land the licentious and beastly practices of the inhabitants of those doomed cities pompeii and herculaneum Hercula showing that they well merited the terrible judgment meted out to them so suddenly wo concluded to pay our respects to mount vesuvius it is is nearly four thousand feet above the level of the sea in the clup ciup eruption tion of A D 79 the elder pliny lost ill lii hig his life in 1631 several r several reveral currents of lava burst forth at once and overwhelmed a number of cities at the foot of the mountain risina partly built upon the ste site sto herculaneum Hercula was consumed by the burning torrent and it is said that four thousand persons perished in the thirty eruptions have taken place since 1750 extending to aplin 1872 in this last thirty persons on the mountain ni bunta n simply venturing incautiously wo wp left ouri hotel in ft a ferriage t r r afi at L t 9 W am m and andr reached the tho hermitage 6 11 af at i past lii ili 11 situated upon the tho slope of the moi mol mountain intrain about abol at one mile below the foot of the cone eone conc ehfe road to this point lias has been bean built bulit tat at great expense s very good blit but extremely serpentine passing over fields and hills of lava whim which have llave been thrown out from the crater at different periods we could proceed no farther by earnia carnia carriage b president smith according to previous arrangement ran gement was carried in an ar armchair m upon the shoulders of four italians to the foot of the cone while others rode on ponies to the same point over a tortuous path in places very narrow and fand rocky here we left our ponies president smith borne upon the shoulders of his stalwart bearers took the lead while we followed assisted by our strong walking stick sticks i the ascent was difficult ard and fatiguing in places very ry steep steep with ashes and sand nea nearly r one foot and a half hair deep we enjoyed a magnificent view of the surrounding country the he long range ranga of the ap pennine 3 in the distance covered with its snowy mantle the ruins of pompeii Pompe fl the beautiful city of kaples naples and its great bay dotted with many ships and steamers we were one hour and a qu quarter quartering ln making the summit af ter leaving the root toot of the cone the crater was as partially clear cleaf of smoke afford affording inga a A flo opportunity for examining the wonderful abyss we tumbled a few rocks over the rim which were more than thirty seconds reaching the bottom some of the R party artst tried 1 ed their strength of nerve nen e bystrand by stand ing upon a craggy point t w which 0 appeared to hangover ng the bur burning 9 chas ehas charmf f and tarus ting sticks into the smoking ng apertures aper tures which in inflamed med in a moment one of the party also sought to ac acquire fame in bolt boll ing and eating an egg in the midst ot of the burning heat beat and sulphurous smoke it was judged that the mouth of the crater would equal in dimensions a ten acre block the mountain all around appeared on only ay a thin shell in a heated state and for tor a long iong 10 g distance below the summit here and there volumes of smoke are issuing we descended the mountain at nearly a running pace which occupied only about fifteen minutes arrived at our hotel p m and indulged in a remarkably late breakfast the next morning we left naples by train on the alth tor for brindisi A grat great portion of the country through which we pa passed ased Is ig cultivated by the spade and we saw here and also aiso in many other parts of italy the women engaged in this laborious employment in one instance we noticed a company of women repairing pairing a break in the rall railroad by carrying gravel upon their heads in baskets at brindisi Brindl sl we took steamer tor for corfu we had a pleasant passage the sea eca smooth the weather line flue like ilke spring and the air pure and bracing we passed close to the coast of albania and had a tine line view of turkish towns and villas which appeared here bere and there on the elopes slopes of the mountains the city of corfu contains about twenty tour four thousand people the island some aff fifteen villas with seventy thousand inhabitants and forms a portion of the grecian government the olive and rape grape are cultivated upon the I 1 izland island very tery ely els sunday morning we attended greek service in a magnificent pa thedral cathedral the psalms psalm i al prayers and portions of scripture were read in modern greek and in a very am amusing aming ing operatic style st ie in the afternoon the capacious square in front of our hotel was enlivened with thousands of promenades aders gaily and richly dressed the fashionable grecian ladies however made no display of the a grecian redan bend benm A company of politicians passed us directly a row ensued and one was stabbed to the tho heart a rew lew steps from where we stood we took steamer for alexandria and arrived here early this morning we had nine fine weather a smooth sea the whole distance no sickness a very remarkable circumstance we remain here bere four days and then proceed by rail to cairo one hundred and thirty miles 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