TALY. LETTER XII 



LETTER XII. 



Rome, March 5, 1772. 



TH E length of my laft letter, from Naples* 

 will atone for the fhortnefs of this, which 

 is intended only for the defcription of my jour- 

 ney. 



The country from Naples, by Capua to Mola, is 

 generally flat, except fome hills which run along 

 the calcareous Apennines. Thefe hills, and the 

 plains, under the vegetable mould, confift of fer- 

 ruminated volcanic alhes, wherein a great quantity 

 of pumice-ftones is inclofed. 



Behind Mola the road afcended into the A pen- 

 nine calcareous hills ; fome of them were ftill co- 

 vered with fnow. In a continental chain, they 

 ftretched to 



Terracina, which is a fmall place, and a harbour 

 very well fituated on a fine golfo, fhekered by high 

 mountains againft the Northern winds, and very 

 fertile in corn, wine, pomegranates, and lemons, 

 which grow here fpontaneoufly in the fields in 

 N 2. tufts 



