ques and figures. It also contains some fine
paintings, and is, besides, renowned for its architecture.

St. Paula Maggiore, another spacious church, is well worth seeing on
account of its magnificent arabesques and fresco-paintings; besides
these it also contains some handsome monuments and statues of
marble. Two very ancient pillars stand in front of this church.

St. Chiara, a fine large church, offers some fine monuments and oil-
paintings.

Among the excursions in the neighbourhood of Naples, that to Puzzoli
is certainly the most interesting. After passing through the great
grotto, we reach the ancient and rather important town of Puzzoli,
with 8000 inhabitants. Cicero called this place a little Rome. In
the centre of the town stands the church of St. Proculus, which was
converted from a heathen into a Christian temple, and is surrounded
by fine-looking Corinthian pillars.

Remarkable beyond all else is the ruined temple of Seropis. Almost
the entire magnitude and arrangement of this magnificent building
can yet be discerned. A few of the pillars that once supported the
cupola are still erect, and several of the cells, which surrounded
the temple and were once used as baths, can still be seen. Every
thing here is of fine white marble. The greater portion of the ruin
was dismantled, to be used in the construction of the royal villa of
Caserta.

The harbour of Puzzoli is related to have been the finest in Italy.
From this place Caligula had a bridge erected to Baiae, about 4000
paces in length. He undertook this gigantic work in consequence of
a prophecy that was made to him, that he would no more become
emperor than he could ride to Baiae on horseback. This prophecy he
confuted, and became emperor. Of the amphitheatre and the colosseum
not a trace remains. A little chapel now occupies the site on which
they stood; tradition asserts that it is built on the very spot
where St. Januarius was thrown to the bears.

Not far from this chapel we are shewn the labyrinth of Daedalus;
several of its winding walks still exist, through which it would be
difficult to find the way without a cicerone.

We ascended the hill immediately beyond the city, on which some
remains of Cicero's villa are yet to be seen: here we enjoyed a
splendid prospect.

In this region we continually wander among ruins, and see every
where around us the relics of the past. Thus a short walk brought
us from Cicero's villa to the r