|j4 BARTHftUAKE IN CALABRIA. ^ 
the tottering of towers, and the groans of the 
contributed to excite emotions of terror and despau- 
fereatened him wherever he should flee ; but, 
remained unhurt amid the general concussion, he r 
to venture for safety, and reached the shore, jj/' 
fied out of his reason. Here he found his com? 
whose terrors were still greater than his own. |l* 
He landed on the following day at Rochetta, wh» 
earth still continued to be violently agitated. ^ 
however, scarcely reached the inn at which he mte i 
lodge, when he was once more obliged to return 
boat : in about half an hour the greater part 01.“^- 
including tire inn, was overwhelmed, and the >n» 
buried beneath Its ruins. j,y '' 
Not finding any safety on land, and exposeo. ^ 
smallness of the boat, to a very hazardous passage y’ 
he at length landed at Lopizium, a castle midway 
Tropaea and Euphemla, the city to which he 'vas ej 
Here, wherever he turned his eyes, nothing but * 
ruin and horror appeared ; towns and castles were 
to the ground ; while Stromboli, although sixty n iii 
tant, was seen to vomit flames in an unusual niaui'^^^^/ 
with a noise which he could distinctly hear. d' 
objects his attention was soon diverted to contign® 
ger : the rambling sound of an approaching 
with which he was by this time well acquainted, 
him for the consequences. Every instant it gre" , jlii-’ 
as if approaching ; and the spot on which he st , 
so dreadfully, that, being unable to stand, himse*' 
SO ureauiuuj^ uiui, uaami./av,. w , ! 
coropaaions caught hold of the shrubs which 
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to them, and in that manner supported tliemselve 
This violent paroxysm having ceased, he .^.jt)’' ■ 
of prosecuting his voyage to Euph»mia, which 7 
short distance. Turning his eyes towards tha . 
could merely perceive a terrific dark cloud, whic 
to rest on the place. He was tlie more surp>'^ 
as the weather was remarkably serene. y 
fore, until this cloud had passed away, he turned j,i»| 
for the city ; but, alas ! it was totally sunk, and i" 3 ^ 
a disn«l and putrid lake was to be seen. AU_ ' ^ 5 ^ 
lancholy solitude— a scene of hideous desola»o‘^^ii ' 
WM the fate of tlie city of Euphsemiaj and 
