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charge of the festivities, Prince Belmonte and Cavalier Ricoio, 
who afterwards, during our stay in the city, in the kindest 
way arranged everything to make our stay there festive and 
agreeable. 
On Sunday the 15th several deputations were received, 
among them one from the University. A beautifully-bound 
address w^as presented by “Ateneo Benjamino Franklin,” and 
a number of official visits were made and received. We dined 
with the . Swedish-Norwegian consul, Clausen. On Monday 
the 16th an address was presented from “ Scuola d’Applicazione 
per gl’Ingenieri,” and from “ Neapolitana Archseologise, Litter- 
arum et Artium Academia,” a song of welcome in Latin, 
written by Professor Antonio Mieabelli. Then followed a 
grand dinner given by the municipality of the city in a hall of 
the hotel, which was now inaugurated and was named the 
Vega Hall, and was on this occasion ornamented with the 
royal cipher, the Swedish and Italian flags, &c. In ^the] even¬ 
ing there was a gala representation at San Carlo, where the 
members of the Expedition scattered among the different boxes 
were saluted with repeated loud cries of “ Bravo ! ”—On Tuesday 
the 17th the Committee had arranged an excursion to Lake 
Averno, the Temple of Serapis, and other places famous in a 
geological and historical respect, situated to the north-west of 
blaples. Prince Urusov entertained some of the members of 
the Expedition to dinner. There was an afternoon musical en¬ 
tertainment at the “ Societa Filarmonica,” where there was a 
numerous attendance of persons moving in the first circles in 
the city.—Wednesday the 18th, excursion along with the Com¬ 
mittee to Pompeii, where the Swedish guests were received by 
the famous superintendent of the excavations. Director 
PuGGiERi. Breakfast was eaten with merry jests and gay 
speeches in a splendid Boman bath, still in good preservation, 
excavations were undertaken, &c. In the afternoon there was 
a grand dinner, followed by a reception by the admiral in 
