I.
HISTORY OF THE MOUNTAIN. 1
Position.--Name.--Mention of Etna by early writers.--Pindar.--
AEschylus.--Thucydides.--Virgil.--Strabo.--Lucretius.--Lucilius
Junior.--Etna the home of early myths.--Cardinal Bembo.--Fazzello.--
Filoteo.--Early Maps of the Mountain.--Hamilton.--Houel.--Brydone.--
Ferrara.--Recupero.--Captain Smyth.--Gemellaro; his Map of Etna.--
Elie de Beaumont.--Abich.--Hoffmann.--Von Waltershausen's _Atlas
des Aetna_.--Lyell.--Map of the Italian Stato Maggiore.--Carlo
Gemellaro.--Orazio Silvestri.
CHAPTER II.
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE MOUNTAIN. 26
Height.--Radius of Vision from the summit.--Boundaries.--Area.--
Population.--General aspect of Etna.--The Val del Bove.--Minor
Cones.--Caverns.--Position and extent of the three Regions.--
Regione Coltivata.--Regione Selvosa.--Regione Deserta.--Botanical
Regions.--Divisions of Rafinesque-Schmaltz, and of Presl.--Animal
life in the upper Regions.
CHAPTER III.
ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN. 43
The most suitable time for ascending Etna.--The Ascent commenced.--
Nicolosi.--Etna mules.--Night journey through the upper Regions of
the mountain.--Brilliancy of the Stars.--Proposed Observatory on
Etna.--The Casa Inglesi.--Summit of the Great Crater.--Sunrise
from the summit.--The Crater.--Descent from the Mountain.--
Effects of Refraction.--Fatigue of the Ascent.
CHAPTER IV.
TOWNS SITUATED ON THE MOUNTAIN. 62
Paterno.--Ste. Maria di Licodia.--The site of the ancient town of
Aetna.--Biancavilla.--Aderno.--Sicilian Inns.--Adranum.--Bronte.--
Randazzo.--Mascali.--Giarre.--Aci Reale.--Its position.--The
Scogli de'Ciclopi.--Catania, its early history, and present
condition.
CHAPTER V.
ERUPTIONS OF THE MOUNTAIN. 79
Their frequency within the historical period.--525 B.C.--477 B.C.--
426 B.C.--396 B.C.--140 B.C.--134 B.C.--126 B.C.--122 B.C.--
49 B.C.--43 B.C.--38 B.C.--32 B.C.--40 A.D.--72.--253.--420.--812.--
1169.--1181.--1285.--1329.--1333.--1371.--1408.--1444.--1446.--1447.--
Close of the Fifteenth Century.--1536.--1537.--1566.--1579.--1603.--
1607.--1610.--1614.--1619.--1633.--1646.--1651.--1669.--1682.--
1688.--1689.--1693.--1694.--1702
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