Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . VIA A P P I A. 135 Before we came to Terracina, we enterd on the Appian-way ; we faw it continued along a marfhy ground on our right The paUJethand, which would have been a nearer way than what we had Por-u , . _. , , . r J , ... - , abotfe-men. come; but tis now unpayable, by reaion or the conaition of the Though in fome places it be much broken, and thetravelling over it very bad, in others it is wonderfully wellpreferved, notwithstanding it be computed to be near twotho
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . VIA A P P I A. 135 Before we came to Terracina, we enterd on the Appian-way ; we faw it continued along a marfhy ground on our right The paUJethand, which would have been a nearer way than what we had Por-u , . _. , , . r J , ... - , abotfe-men. come; but tis now unpayable, by reaion or the conaition of the Though in fome places it be much broken, and thetravelling over it very bad, in others it is wonderfully wellpreferved, notwithstanding it be computed to be near twothoufand years old. I know not how the ancient noble Romans came to take fuchfhort journeys over this way, which was then in its perfection,as not above fourteen miles in a day: fo computed from Ho-races account of his journey from Pvome to Brundufium ; whenin our return to Rome we travelld above fiftymiles a day, and one day the much greateft p3rt of our roadwas over this fame Via Appia in the very unequal condition tisin at prefent. But we muft not judge of this way by Horacesaccount of his
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