Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . dy to assist you. Myself and wife, not desiring to go higher,walked leisurely on until we reached the base of the principal cone, and here had a fineopportunity of studying the panoramic natural jjicture presented to our view. At our feetupon one side lay the clear blue sea, with its charming island clusters; on the other, or landside, a carpet of living green verdure stretched far away into the distance, while at our frontthe old city of Naples nestledquietly and peac
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . dy to assist you. Myself and wife, not desiring to go higher,walked leisurely on until we reached the base of the principal cone, and here had a fineopportunity of studying the panoramic natural jjicture presented to our view. At our feetupon one side lay the clear blue sea, with its charming island clusters; on the other, or landside, a carpet of living green verdure stretched far away into the distance, while at our frontthe old city of Naples nestledquietly and peacefully at thefoot of the headlands of itsbeautiful bay. Others of ourparty, however, including myson James, reached the sidesof the crater, and lookeddow-n into the seething, sul-phurous cauldron; but theirview outward from these vol-canic heights was much cur-tailed by mingled cloud andsmoke, which enveloped thesummit as with a thick man-tle. .According to jireviousarrangement we left Napleson the following Friday forRome, the Eternal City,where we were kindly met atthe depot by our old Dr. L. M. Vernon, and. ?^ ^ I I I ,1
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