. A description of the East, and some other countries . commonly found at Capua. At the lafl eruptionthe afhes of mount Vefuvius covered the city, and when I was there I fawthem on each fide of the ftreet. The whole country between this cityand the mountain was covered with afhes, the trees were all blarfted, agreat number of them killed, and the vineyards were almoft entirely de-ftroyed. CHAP. V. Obfervations from Naples to Florence. HAVING drawn and taken the dimenfions of the fepulchralmonument on the hill at Gaeta ; a plan and view of it are engrav-ed in the ninetieth plate at A, B. Thofe
. A description of the East, and some other countries . commonly found at Capua. At the lafl eruptionthe afhes of mount Vefuvius covered the city, and when I was there I fawthem on each fide of the ftreet. The whole country between this cityand the mountain was covered with afhes, the trees were all blarfted, agreat number of them killed, and the vineyards were almoft entirely de-ftroyed. CHAP. V. Obfervations from Naples to Florence. HAVING drawn and taken the dimenfions of the fepulchralmonument on the hill at Gaeta ; a plan and view of it are engrav-ed in the ninetieth plate at A, B. Thofe who go to Rome oughtparticularly to enquire for all the flatues which have been lately dug upat Villa Hadriani, among which the principal are the two centaurs, andthe mofaic work of two partriges, which are the fineft that have been feenmade of natural flones. They fhould well examine the colledions pla-ced by the late pope in the capitol, and greatly augmented by the pre-fent, Benedidt the fourteenth; they ought to buy the engravings of all the works.
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