. Guide to Italy and Sicily. in water, proving that theshore of the bay must have beenalternately depressed and names of Tempio di Nettunoand Tempio delle Ninfe are givento scattered ruins under the water,west of the Temple of Serapis. The present surface of the templeis exactly at sea-level, whereas thebase of the column stands in fivefeet of salt water ; to a height of 8ft. above the present ground-levelare evidences on the columns of thesea having reached so far. In spiteof subsidence and the rising of theground, the columns have, however,maintained their verticality. Those who
. Guide to Italy and Sicily. in water, proving that theshore of the bay must have beenalternately depressed and names of Tempio di Nettunoand Tempio delle Ninfe are givento scattered ruins under the water,west of the Temple of Serapis. The present surface of the templeis exactly at sea-level, whereas thebase of the column stands in fivefeet of salt water ; to a height of 8ft. above the present ground-levelare evidences on the columns of thesea having reached so far. In spiteof subsidence and the rising of theground, the columns have, however,maintained their verticality. Those who have not driven fromNaples may engage a cab at Pozzuoli(first hour, ; each succeedinghour, 1 fr.) and drive to Baia. Onthe right are passed some consider-able ruins, a portion of them beingcalled the House of Cicero, but theyhave all been buried by volcanicdebris. Opposite, on the left, isthe Government factory of Arm-strong, Mitchell, & Co.; and furtheron to the rt. is Monte Nuovo, anatural curiosity thrown up by. GUIDE TO ITALY Naples—Capo Miseno 153 volcanic action in one night on 30thSept. 1538. The hill is worthascending in order to observe thesingularity of its formation. Fromits W. foot a road leads to the(J m.) Lago Averno, the ancientLacus A vermis, a picturesquesheet of water, 2 miles in cir-cumference, which occupies thebottom of a crater, and is sur-rounded by a wood of chestnuttrees, vines, and orange trees. Itsdepth is about 200 ft. Its Latinname (Avernus) signifies that nobird could rly across it and the present time it is the hauntof wild ducks, and is stocked withfish. Hannibal came to it to sacri-fice to Pluto. It is from thislocality that Virgil made Aeneasdescend to the infernal regions(facilis descensus Averni). The Grotto of the Sibyl, on thesouthern border of the lake, is thepoetical name given to one of thetunnels which Agrippa caused tobe cut, to put the lake in com-munication with the cities of Cumaeand Baiae. It is pretended thatthis i
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