The old deserted Church of S. Ippolito near this, is named after the celebrated Hyppolytus, one of the first bishops of this see. Opposite it, on the north fork of the delta (or Isola Sacra, as it is called), is Fiumicino (Stat.), near PORTO and the site of Portus Trajani, now choked with sand. Fiumicino is the modern port, now under improvemont according to plans of Garibaldi and Prince Torlonia, and accessible by a branch rail from Pontegalera. It has a pier, church, inn, shops, good bathing, and a trade in pozzolano. Cathedral and Torlonia Villa, at Porto. From Ostia the Via Severiana passes along the coast, southwards, formerly lined with villas, through Castel Fusano, a fine seat of the Chigi family, in a pine forest, with a view of the Mediterranean; and on to PORTO D'ANZIO, or Antium, which furnished the beaks of the ships in the Rostra at Rome. It was occupied by H.M.S. Edinburgh in 1811, for the Pope. Here are modern Villas of the Borghese, Corsini, and other families, with remains of old ones built by the Romans, with whom it was a favourite seaside retreat. Claudius and Nero were born here; and here the Apollo Belvedere was discovered. For Veü, and other Etruscan towns, see Route 26, page 143. CORI (ancient Cora) and SEGNI (ancient Signia), in the Volscian Hills, are old towns, with remains of massive walls. SECTION III. SOUTH ITALY-SICILY-SARDINIA. Home to Palermo. THE ABRUZZI-BASILICATA-CALABRIA-&c. NAPLES AND ITS ENVIRONS. VESUVIUS-POMPEII-SORRENTO-PÆSTUM-POZZUOLI, THE BAY AND ISLANDS. PESCARA-FOGGIA-OTRANTO-COSENZA-REGGIO. PALERMO—MESSINA-SYRACUSE—ETNA-AND THE LIPARI ISLANDS. THE ISLAND OF SARDINIA. “ SECTION III.-SOUTH ITALY. ROUTE 32-Continued. Rome, to Naples, by Railway, viâ Ciampino, Albano, Velletri, Frosinone, Ceprano, Presenzano, Capua, Cancello, &c.; ór by Road, viâ Terracina, Fondi, and Gaëta, and the Coast. By rail, 163 miles, three trains daily, in 7 to 10 hours. Buffet at Ceprano, near the frontier of the late Pontifical States. A coach from Velletri runs to Terracina, on the coast. The stations are as follows: 35 Sparanisi 40元 Pignataro.... the hills, with glimpses of the Campagna, bright with heather, and the sea beyond. Civita Lavinia (Stat.), near the site of Lanuvium (the birth-place of Antoninus Pius) and the Via Appia, which strikes right across the Pontine Marches. Good native Roman wine is grown here by Mr. Strutt, worth 4 to 5 lire a bottle. The railway crosses it once more to Velletri (Stat.), the site of Velitræ, an old city of the Volscians, and the birth-place of Augustus, picturesquely seated half-way up Monte Artemesio, in the Alban Hills. Its ruined walls were built by Coriolanus. Its first inhabitants were carried to Rome, and are said to be the progenitors of the residents in the Trastevere. Population, 16,000. Miles. The Palazzo Lancelotti is the work of M. Lunghi. 103 Near this was found the Velletri Pallas now in the Louvre. Here the railway, leaving the old route towards the Naples frontier, along the Appian Way, strikes inland among the hills; but a coach leaves the station for the old route, as far as Terracina, to which a line is commenced. 129 109 112 117 Velletri 26 Teano 120 Valmontone 125 Segni Sgurgola Ferentino Frosinone Ceccano 65 70 Anagni ............... 464 Pofi Castro........... 49 553 145 [The old Coach Route on the Via Appia is perfectly straight and level, and lined with trees. It passes Tres Tabernæ, or Three Taverns, where St. Paul met the brethren from Rome; Cisterna and its oak woods, having on the left, Cora, or Cori, an old Volscian town with two ancient temples; Norba (now Norma); and Setia (or Sezze). At Tre Pont 149Tower, or Trepontium (there is a Roman bridge still) the Pomptine or Pontine Marshes begin, and extend to Terracina, 18 leagues; a fertile but watery tract, formerly well drained and peopled, and embracing upwards of twenty villages. Between 1777 and 1781, the work of drainage was resumed by Pius VI.; and ditches were made to the Naviglio Grande Canal which runs by the side of the road and represents the canal of Augustus, on which Horace embarked on his journey to Brundusium. Foro Appio (Appii Forum), where he took boat, between Treponti and Bocca di Fiume, was then a great place for bargemen and tavern-keepers. Two ancient milestones of the Via Appia and a tomb are seen near this; and, to the left, Privernum, the birth-place of Camillus. Buffaloes, grey oxen, goats, horses, wild geese, &c., are seen among the sweet smelling flowers, canes, and long grass, backed by the Volscian Hills. To the left, on the coast, is Nettuno, the ancient Antium, with the beaks of whose ships the Rostrum of the Forum was adorned, as abovementioned. Rome. The terminus is near Porta Maggiore and the Baths of Diocletian. Leaving the city, the first place on the line is Ciampino (Stat.), where the branch line turns off to Frascati, Tusculum, &c., in the Alban Hills (see page 220). A tram is open to this place, and to Marino beyond. Here and there are seen remains of great aqueducts, and the Tombs of Pompey, Domitian, Arnus, &c. The line then crosses the Via Appia, and winds round the base of the hills, passing Marino (Stat.), on the Appian Way, and Albano (Stat.), or La Cecchia, near Aricia, under the Alban Lake, and Corioli (near Montegiove), from which Coriolanus obtained his famous surname (see page 220). The line runs among |