Ercolano

A lava flow invisible from Naples is descending towards Ottaviano: a third ascent.

The city at the foot of Vesuvius lies buried under sixty feet of material.

With Tischbein, who loathes the shapelessness of the volcano: two guides haul them up by a leather strap.

On 2 March, under a gloomy sky, from Resina by mule and then on foot over the lava of 1771 up to the filled-in crater.