Full text: Vasi, Mariano: A new picture of Naples and its environs

36 NEW PICTURE OF NAPLES. 
the latter tree, that valuable gum called mas¬ 
tick is obtained; the position is so pleasant 
the fields so fragrant, and the productions 
so varied, that it cannot be viewed without ex¬ 
citing the most delightful sensations. 
On the right of the road towards Mola d. 
Gaeta, is an ancient tower, which is said to 
have been the tomb of Cicero; it is supposed 
to have been erected by his freedmen, on the 
spot where he was killed. It is a circulai 
edifice resting on a square basement; in the 
circular part are two roofed stories supported 
in the centre by a massive round column: con¬ 
tiguous to this monument, is a road which is 
probably the same by which Cicero went to 
the sea coast, when he was assassinated. 
At a short distance on the sea-shore, is a 
fountain conjectured to have been the foun¬ 
tain of Artachia, near which, according to 
Homer, Ulysses met the daughter of the 
King of the Lestrigons. 
Between the tower and Mola di Gaeta, the 
road commands a delightful view of the town
	        
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