VAST NEW DOCK FOR ITALY
Rome, July 3. The Government i.s culling 11 eanal conned Lako Avennis with (lie sou, so ns to transform 'lie lake nil" a vast dock.—Aus.-N./. Cable Ass'i. [Lako A vermis is a small lake, about two miles in circumference, nine miles west of Naples, ami about a mile from tlio const. It i.s an okl volcanic cratci, and tlio water in it, standing about three feet above sea-level, is 2!.'ift. deep. It wns converted into n Jiav'il nanjour by Awm* ™37 b >' j oinin & il; to !r Lacus Lucriuus, a smaller lalte to luo south, hv a canal. The lake is the subject of inany ancient legends, and was represented «9 tlio entrance by which Odysseus and Aeneas descended to l ie infernal regions, .and as the abode of the Cimerii. Its nnmo lias been explained as meaning that no bird could fly ncross it-1
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 246, 5 July 1918, Page 5
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150VAST NEW DOCK FOR ITALY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 246, 5 July 1918, Page 5
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