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Tramutola, lies upon the north end of a low tongue of hills that come down the west side of the valley of Viscolione and is surrounded by rather lofty mountains, both on the west and north. The town is built upon the white shattery limestone, upon a very gentle slope, dipping to the east and S.E. It is overhung by, and in part climbs the roots, of steep but low hills of limestone, to the west and south of it. The beds run nearly north and south, and dip 60° to 70° to the east.

The bottom of the narrow valley is deep clay and loam and the hills at the east side opposite the town, appear to consist, of hard, cherty, red and green stone, apparently metamorphic argillaceous rocks, in well-marked beds, running north and south, and dipping 50" W.

The town (Photog. No. 276, Coll. Roy. Soc.) is comparatively modern, and generally better built than usual; fissured and thrown-down houses occur in every part, but the greatest damage is found in the south and east districts of the town, where the oldest and worst-built houses existed. Signor Morano, and one or two of his friends of the better class of inhabitants, accompanied me on my examination.

The Capelluccio, della Madonna Maria dell' Pieta, a