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Plutarch, Life of Cassius; ed. Reiske, vol. iii. p. 240. Strabo gives the following account of the appearance and condition of Vesuvius in his day: "Supra hæc loca situs est Vesuvius mons, agris cinctus optimis; dempto vertice, qui magna sui parte planus, totus sterilis est, adspectu sinereus, cavernasque ostendens fistularum plenas et lapidum colore fuliginoso, utpote ab igni exesorum.
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