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50v (SM volume 39)

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50v (SM volume 39)

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(pencil) 3 Measd ? Miles from Tiano came to / the Fountain of the tre Cento Finestre (window) / whose water is reckon'd particularly / wholesome & here found the True Lava / enjoy'd the fine prospects, the plain / Capua Vesuvius & the islands / Francolesi (Francolisi) & its isolated hills ^are manifestly of / volcanic Eruptions, the ancient Roman / Way continues to pass thro' Volcanic matter / At the Croce delle Capelle near where the road / divides ^found a light kind of Tuffa called by the inhabitants Pietra di Cimento wc rises in angular / Columns - / The Eruption ^here has evidently been since the / formation of the appian way which lies many / feet under it & is discoverable by the torrents

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