126 TRAVELS tHROUGH 



The beft opportunity for a general furvey of 

 this volcanic covering, and of the ancient funnels 

 whence it has been thrown out, is in the garden 

 of the CamatdttlenfeSj taking thence a walk to the 

 village Nazaret. A topographical map will faci- 

 litate it. 



fefuvio, monte Scmma, and Ottaja?w, have been 

 probably, in former times, but one funnel and 

 volcano. 



The Chiaja, now beaten by the fea, is fo circu- 

 lar, and fo much refembling a fegment of a fun- 

 nel, that you cannot help confidering it as fuch. 



The Solfatara gives ftill marks of former con- 

 flagrations, mentioned in a fcarce book * ; Simo- 

 nis Portii Epiftola de conflagratiom agri Puteolani. 

 Florent. 1551, 8vo. 



"Lago d'Ayerno, Lago d^Agnano, gli Aftroni^ 

 perhaps too Mare morto, are funnels of ancient 

 volcanos, funk into themfelves and filled with 

 water, except the Aftroni\ which, befides fome 

 pools, are covered with wood. The water in 

 Lago d'Agnano feems now and then to boil near 

 the more, much air afcending from under ground 

 without any fenfible warmth. 



* But inferted in the Tbcfauri dntiqiiitatum Italicarum Gra- 

 vitni, torn. ix. p, 9. 



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