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36v (SM volume 39)

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36v (SM volume 39)

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(pencil) Feb. 20. 1779. / At the new Bridge ^Ponte di Capusmpistrina. 700 Palms / long, 50 Palms wide, 256 high - they pay the men on the / spot & are all paid before 23 o'clock - (on 'Italian hours' see note in general introduction to Italian sketchbooks) / From San Lorenzo to Supino 24 Miles from / thence to Salerno - 27 - from Salerno to Pæstum / 25 or 26 Miles - from Salerno to Pompeii 18M. / from Salerno to Naples 27 Miles - / Veitri (Vietri) is about 1 Mile from Salerno nearer / to Naples - Borgo is about 3 Miles from / Salerno nearer to Naples - / Feb. 21 At About ½ Mile from Supino / stone flakes like Coals / Evoli / The white rotten lime stone ^called Arenarzi (arenaria, sandstone) they use without / burning, they do the same in Ireland - / - The breccia (geological term) is called Tufina menulata / 3d - Pietra Salima (sic, salina, that is, salt?) because of the Chrystallations (sic) / 4th Pietra ferraghe sfoliosa.

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