HERCULANUM, POMPEII AND STAB I A. 463 



nefs, the opulence, the power and grandeur of the city 

 Pompeii, which is 3680 paces in circumference. This 

 city is now uncovered, and Hands under the open iky; 

 for which a great many vineyards that were over it, 

 were totally deftroyed. The main Street of the city, 

 running in a direct line through the centre, is found, 

 and dug out from one end to the other. It is quite 

 clear, and has a noble effecT;. 



Here it is that the fmeft drawings have been discover- 

 ed, among which the female dancers, together with 

 the centaurs are held in higher efteem than any others. 

 Amongft the numerous quantity of written books, hi- 

 therto none have been found but philofophical and 

 moral treatifes. However, as there are many rolls as 

 yet unopened, the unfolding of which goes on but 

 flowly, it is not impomble that, in time, we may hear 

 of a difcovery being made of the loft books of Livy, of 

 Diodorus Siculus, of Theopompus, or the tragedies of 

 Sophocles, Euripides, &c. 



Stabia, or Stabise, the third city, lies a great way 

 farther Hill from Vefuvius ; and confequently has Suf- 

 fered the leaft. It fcood exactly where the prefent 

 Gragnano is. The city was laid wafce by Sylla ; and m 

 the time of Pliny there were only pleafure-houfes at 

 this place. Galen informs us, that the Romans refort- 

 ed hither for uiing,the milk diet ; and at this very day 

 the milk of thefe parts is in great reputation. 



Here are fo many remarkable particulars, that the 

 place is highly worth the infpection of every man of 

 tafte. But, as Pompeii and Stabia lie at feme dirlance 

 from Naples, they are viflted by Scarcely any foreigners 

 except the Englifh ; whofe laudable curiofity in regard 



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