ITALY. LEffER XX. 287 



There are at Lucca fome hot wells, defcribed 

 by Jo. Bapt. Donati, Libri iv. De aquis Lucenji- 

 bus ; but beft by Profeflbr Giuf. Benvenuti's trea- 

 tife, Be Lucenjium thermarttm fate; printed at 

 Lucca, 1758^ Svo. You know that they have 

 undertaken at Lucca a new imprefilon of the 

 French Encyclopedic, with Supplements and An- 

 notations. Here is puhliihed likewife a Literary 

 Review, under the title of, Memorie di Fifica di 

 Lucca. 



At Parma, the collection of Natural Curiofi- 

 ties, belonging to the Duke, is faid to be worth 

 feeing. It is under the infpecTibn of the learned 

 P. Fourcaud. The Duke^s Librarian, P. Pad- ' 

 audi, is a man of great 'learning. 



At Modena,-tl\e Duke's Librarian, P. Zacca- 

 r'ta, is- -a learned Jefuit. Betxveen this place and 

 Lucca there is a new road making over the Apen- 

 nines.- P'.Bvfiowicb, who formerly lived at Modena, 

 has publifhed fome account of this road, and of feve- 

 ral mineralogical obfervations. The Salfadi Modena 

 is a remarkable fwamp in the hills near Saffuolo ; 

 where the new road is making over the Apennines 

 to Mafia di Carrara. It feems to be the exterior or 

 upper covering of a volcano, which is faid to 

 throw out fometimes earth, pyrites, and large 

 ftones. A pole may be driven or forced into it ,tp 



