An Adventure on Vesuvls.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 17 June 1890, Page 2

An Adventure on Vesuvls.

(Star Special) Dr Fitchstt and Mr Thames Maa. kehzie will long remember theft ascent of, Yeguyious. mountain was in arr angry mood that day, its rumblings and growljpgf jndieaif- / ing ;j an e^rly.af not J«min<ijni, voui[. butsfc. Most oHhe Europeaii ipyjt•. ■ ists psefrrr;ed: to,. wew, fh^ pwitflr from a safe distance/but assurVd by a yqlnb.'e guid9ttihepe^as t np], ganger the two New 2jealanderg. proceeded by the usual :Q)ntetpv,,.the verge,, They had arrive^, and..were r( peering curiously into its sulphurous depths, when suddeuly., witn a marrowmovins: roar, the demon; ip command merged growling passivity into fur,*.;' ious activity, •. and coqimence^ tq be'ch forth huge' flakes pf. b*urnirig lava. On turning to their guide <ff fi> ascertain whether things 'WWfi^ill safe, Dr Fitchefcfc and his" friend foupd to, their dismay he had fled : in fact, the rascal: could Just "b# perceived in the distance vthroug^* sulphur fumes and fiery hftil ■&fina as for his Ufe. Nesadfesnito "sayj.ilaft, * New Zealanders like^ijie^lp^t W time in making -tracks. '.& very bf4 quarter of an hour followed,, as dodging the huge flakes of lava was anxious work, and made it impop eil)le to move along very fast. Foif. tunatelythe outburst proved to V only a temporary aberration on t|)i part of the voloano, a|id in dw i conrse the New Zealanders foai themselves at the failway station safe but sin«red. '

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