CASCADE OF THF, ANIO. 389 
V fouf hundred fathoms, or fvvo thou- 
f j while the ton'ent Evanson, de- 
jj( of^hom another part of Mount Rosa, exhibits a 
^han two hundred fathoms, j'olliug down 
!lj M Ruartz, veined with the gold wliich is occasionally 
mountains of Challand. The Cascata del 
Marble Cascade, so denominated from 
down which the Velcino falls being almost 
^ hi n about three miles from Terni. In 
S'''^''’inff J°"'^''ds it, the traveller is struck with terror 
iif .1® suj^° . precipices, which are of a romantic height; 
V rewarded, when, on reaching the summit 
.*•>6 he regards the stupendous cataract, formed 
^ fapia ^®nlivity 
^'^ic'ui ®°'n'se for a short space, and then fall from a 
i: tsM ar heiar' * ^ ^ 
tts it rushes from the mountain. Having 
of its channel, the w'aters descend 
')t‘^^lhl^''^‘'ocks, which' cause vapours to ascend much 
Vail, ® 
ht of three hundred feet, breaking 
^ ^ ^ summit of the cataract, by which the neigh- 
*<iilj^t, receives a perpetual fall of rain. After this 
vvaters rush into the .cavities of the rocks, 
of through several openings, at length reach 
Raa . “ver. 
cascade of the Amo, near Tivoli, flows 
u steep rock ; and at its foot, the water, 
Sh has hoUowed grottoes of various 
%|jl'tioi,_ so beautifully picturesque as to baffle all 
H *^**S(i ‘ Of these, the grotto of Neptune is the most 
to it are three smaller cascades, which 
1 . ti. ring through the ruins of the villa Mecasnas, 
tl,e 
KiN 
i-ltl,,'vr, steep which forms the opposite bank of 
^tjti^'^'te • hrosent the painter with one of the most 
at imaginable, the foreground varying 
takes. 
ltd -^rvo flows many miles oetween high, 
>syi Jt'accessible rocks, which appear to have 
*^clf ^ give its waters a free passage. The 
H '% '*'e t continual sounds occasioned by its 
v'^' '/l>ass''''''P''c§ of the horses and tmtles, the hal- 
' V. , “F'-s, 4cc. — are, in these places, reverberated 
V"tc 
''t>ibe So ®v'on in some parts six or seven times, 
deep and wild, as to strike with terror tlie 
