80 AUTUMN VISIT TO LIPARI ISLES 



terranean waters, we looked back on the receding 

 picturesque, jagged rocks of the Faraglione, looming 

 phantom-like in the red glow of the setting sun. We 

 were to sleep in the Casa Inglesi after ascending the 

 cone of Etna, to mount to the top of Vesuvius, by 

 " funiculare," to visit the earthquake-stricken district of 

 Ischia, to enjoy the beauties of Capri and Sorrento ; but 



FIG. 15. A later stage of the same Eruption. 

 (From a photograph.) 



we knew well none of this would atone for these 

 Lipari days. The morning and evening plunge from 

 the captain's bridge into the warm sea, the exciting 

 swim with minds full of the sailors' ghastly tales of 

 sharks, the exhilarating mountain climbing, the daring 

 of volcanic fires, the glorious sunlit climate, and the life 

 and fellowship on board boat these are things to dream 

 upon. 



