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CHAP. VI.

Of Saints- Lares Viales; Blasphemous Inscriptions; Places

over which the Saints are supposed to preside; Supernatural

Powers ascribed to them; Facility of Admission into the

Army of Saints and Martyrs

43—57

CHAP. VII.

Of the Virgin-Cybele

58-60

CHAP. VIII.

Points of Resemblance between the Ancient Temples and Mo-

dern Churches of Italy and Sicily

61-65

CHAP. IX.

Conformity between the Catholic and Pagan Religious Cere-

monies-The Burning of Incense; Dress of the Priests'

Attendants; Holy Water; Lighting up of Lamps and Can-

dles; Votive Offerings; Image Worship; Ornamental Sta-

tues and Pictures; Mass; Bells; Familiarity with which the

Italians and Sicilians address the Saints

66-86

CHAP. X.

Religious Orders-Pontifex Maximus; Salii; Fratres Arvales;

Vestals; Nuns; Rise of Monachism; Mendicant Monks;

their Dress, Tonsure

87-92

CHAP. XI.

Catholic and Pagan Miracles-Castor and Pollux; Image of
Diana, dropt from Heaven; Palladium of Troy; Picture of
the Virgin, from the same Celestial Manufactory; Rods of
Moses and Romulus; Images said to have spoken, wept,
sweated, or bled; Cottage of Romulus; Holy House of
Loreto; Cradle of our Saviour; Liquefaction of St. Janua-
rius's Blood; Stories relative to Arion and the Harpies

93—103

CHAP. XII.

Religious Processions-Music; Tapers; Images; Companies

of Attendants; Flagellantes

104-107

CHAP. XIII.

Journey to Naples—Tombs of the Horatii; Alban Mount; La

Riccia; Velletri; Pontine Marshes; Terracina; Military

Stations; Fondi; Appian Way; Itri; Mola di Gaëta; Women

of Mola; Cicero's Formianum; Fortress of Gaëta; Rich-

ness of the Country; Misery of the Inhabitants; the Garig-

liano or Liris; Ruins of Minturnæ; Mount Massicus; Ager

Falernus; Capua; Terra di Lavoro

108--126

CHAP. XIV.

Naples—Its Situation; Architecture; Streets; Larghi; Chiaja;

Passeggio Reale; Strada del Toledo; Lazzaroni; Mole;

Oral Commentators and their Prototypes; Theatre of San

Carlo; Punch; Gaming; Lotteries; Probable Origin of

Lotteries

127-142

CHAP. XV.

Museo Borbonico-Curiosities found at Herculaneum and Pom-

peii; Etruscan or Grecian Vases; Library; Papyrus Manu-

scripts; Method of unfolding them; Ancient Statues ;

Bronzes; Pictures cut out from the Walls of Pompeii; State

of Painting among the Ancients; Marking Instruments;

Modern Pictures

143-160

CHAP. XVI.

Vesuvius—Its Crater; Height; General Appearance; First-

recorded Eruption; Subsequent Eruptions: 161-167

CHAP. XVII.

Pompeii—Its Interesting Appearance; Points of Resemblance

between Pompeii and the Towns of Modern Italy; Ancient

Villa; the Amphitheatre; the two Theatres; Temple of

Isis; Forum Nundinarium or Barrack

168-182

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CHAP. XVIII.

Excursion to Pæstum-La Cava; Apennines; Salerno;

Pæstum; its supposed Origin; Three Temples; Cyclopean

Walls

183-190

CHAP. XIX.

Phlegræan Fields— Virgil's Tomb; Grotto of Posilipo; Lago

d'Agnano; Grotta del Cane; Pisciarelli; Solfaterra;
Labyrinth of Dædalus; Colosseo; Pozzuoli; Temple of
Jupiter Serapis; Lucrine Lake; Monte Barbaro; Lake
Avernus; Cumæ; Stufe di Tritoli; Baiæ; Temples of
Venus, Mercury, and Diana; Agrippina's Tomb; Misenum;
Piscina Mirabile; Cento Camerelle; Torre di Patria

191--208
CHAP. XXIV.

CHAP. XX.

Ischia --Its Volcanic Character; Dean Berkley's Description

of it; Monte San Niccolò; Reflections suggested by the View

from its Summit; Present State of Ischia; Attractions of

Naples and its Vicinity

209-215

CHAP. XXI.

Voyage to Sicily-Bay of Naples; Gulf of Salerno; Mode of

propelling Boats; Sparonara; Italian and Sicilian Mariners;

Dii Tutelares; Tutelary Saints; Credulity of Italian Ma-

riners; Stromboli; Lipari; Hiera; Straits of Messina; Pro-

montory of Pelorus; Rocks of Scylla; Melancholy Fate of

the Prince of Scylla; Site of the Temple of Neptune; Current

in the Straits; Whirlpool of Charybdis

216--232

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CHAP. XXII.

Messina—Its beautiful Situation; Ancient Name; Harbour;

Swarms of Ecclesiastics; Superstition of the People; Bara;

Virgin Mary's Letter; Mode of Fishing; Harpooning the

Pesce Spada; Greek Inhabitants

233-242

CHAP. XXIII.

Journey to Palermo-Beautiful View; Milazzo; Tyndaris;

Picturesque Scenery; Cefalù; Termini 243-247

Palermo-Its Interior; Beautiful Situation; Monte Pellegrino;

Zisa; Capuchin Convent; Marina; Festival of S. Rosolia;

Villas

248-257

CHAP. XXV.

Journey to Girgenti-Cathedral of Monte Reale; Alcamo;

Temple of Segesta; Remains of Theatre; Trapani; Mount

Eryx; Tunny Fishery; Discrepancy between the Accounts

of Homer and Virgil; Site of the Ancient Motya; Marsala

(anciently Lilybæum); Mazzara; Temples of Selinunte,

Sciacca; Baths of S. Calogero; Caricatori 258—270

CHAP. XXVI.

Girgenti—Its former unexampled Prosperity; its Magnificent

Site; Temples of Juno Lucina, Hercules, and Jupiter

Olympius; Temple of Vulcan; Piscina ; Cloacæ; Temple of

Esculapius; Tomb of Theron; Remains of Ancient Walls;

Mural Cemeteries; Greek Vases; Rupe Atenea; Temple

of Minerva and Jupiter Atabyrius; Anecdote of Gellias;

Church of St. Blaize; Earliest Grecian Settlements; Cathe-

dral; State of the Modern Town;-Maccaluba 271–293

CHAP. XXVII.

Journey to Castro Giovanni and Syracuse-Elevated Site of

Castro Giovanni (the Ancient Enna); Temperature; Sara-

cenic Caves; Site of Temple of Ceres; Mines; Lentini;

Desolate State of the Leontine Fields; Lake of Biviere; Val

d'Ispica; Cicala

294-299

CHAP. XXVIII.

Syracuse-Ortygia-Little Harbour; Ancient and Modern De-

fences of the Isthmus; Fountain of Arethusa; Occhio di
Zilica; Alpheus; Castello di Maniace; S. Lucia; Ram-
parts; Promontory of Plemmyrium; Great Harbour; Re-

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