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57v (SM volume 39)

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57v (SM volume 39)

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(pencil) March 16. 1779 - Pontine Marshes, near the tre Ponti / The Grain yields 48 for one - / In Ireland they have salted Herrings for / 2d pr C- (100?) & which are often used for / Manure - Salmon ½d per lb / March 18. On the Appian way abt 45 or 46 / Miles from Rome saw the remains of Appii-forum / the Appian way has been raised here considerably / by Trajan - some of the Miles stones are of white / marble, a sort of clumsy column, often an / inscription in the middle / 19th (March) Ponsa, (Ponza on Isole Ponziana) where Julia the daughter of / Augustus was banish'd to 30 miles from the / Badino - it is volcanic - & Strabo says in / his time it was full of Building

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Drawing

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