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Erat Miseni classemque imperio praesens regebat . Nonum Kal . Septembres hora fere septima mater mea indicat ei apparere nubem inusitata et magnitudine et specie . 5 Usus ille sole , mox frigida , gustaverat iacens studebatque ; poscit soleas , ascendit locum ex quo maxime miraculum illud conspici poterat . Nubes — incertum procul intuentibus ex quo monte ; Vesuvium fuisse postea cognitum est — oriebatur , cuius similitudinem et formam non alia magis arbor quam pinus expresserit . 6 Nam longissimo velut trunco elata in altum quibusdam ramis diffundebatur , credo quia recenti spiritu evecta , dein senescente eo destituta aut etiam pondere suo victa in latitudinem vanescebat , candida interdum , interdum sordida et maculosa prout terram cineremve sustulerat . 7 Magnum propiusque noscendum ut eruditissimo viro visum . Iubet liburnicam aptari ; mihi si venire una vellem facit copiam ; respondi studere me malle , et forte ipse quod scriberem dederat . 8 Egrediebatur domo ; accipit codicillos Rectinae Tasci imminenti periculo exterritae — nam villa eius subiacebat , nec ulla nisi navibus fuga - : ut se tanto discrimini eriperet orabat . 9 Vertit ille consilium et quod studioso animo incohaverat obit maximo . Deducit quadriremes , ascendit ipse non Rectinae modo sed multis — erat enim frequens amoenitas orae — laturus auxilium . 10 Properat illuc unde alii fugiunt , rectumque cursum recta gubernacula in periculum tenet adeo solutus metu , ut omnes illius mali motus omnes figuras ut deprenderat oculis dictaret enotaretque .
My
uncle
was
stationed
at
Misenum
,
where
he
was
in
active
command
of
the
fleet
,
with
full
powers
.
On
the
24th
of
August
*
,
about
the
seventh
hour
,
my
mother
drew
his
attention
to
the
fact
that
a
cloud
of
unusual
size
and
shape
had
made
its
appearance
.
He
had
been
out
in
the
sun
,
followed
by
a
cold
bath
,
and
after
a
light
meal
he
was
lying
down
and
reading
.
Yet
he
called
for
his
sandals
,
and
climbed
up
to
a
spot
from
which
he
could
command
a
good
view
of
the
curious
phenomenon
.
Those
who
were
looking
at
the
cloud
from
some
distance
could
not
make
out
from
which
mountain
it
was
rising
-
it
was
afterwards
discovered
to
have
been
Mount
Vesuvius
-
but
in
likeness
and
form
it
more
closely
resembled
a
pine-tree
than
anything
else
,
for
what
corresponded
to
the
trunk
was
of
great
length
and
height
,
and
then
spread
out
into
a
number
of
branches
,
the
reason
being
,
I
imagine
,
that
while
the
vapour
was
fresh
,
the
cloud
was
borne
upwards
,
but
when
the
vapour
became
wasted
,
it
lost
its
motion
,
or
even
became
dissipated
by
its
own
weight
,
and
spread
out
laterally
.
At
times
it
looked
white
,
and
at
other
times
dirty
and
spotted
,
according
to
the
quantity
of
earth
and
cinders
that
were
shot
up
.