Part 95

Uromastix lizard, 101.

Uruj, pirate, 140.

Utilitarianism in south Italy, 43, 57, 126, 218.

Vaccarizza, village, 174, 176, 179, 180, 184, 224.

Varrò, 80.

Vatican, authorizes cruelty to animals, 120; attitude towards Byzantinism, 248.

Velasquez, 140.

Venosa, survival of Roman blood and habits, 32; its rustic dirt, 33; castle, 37; abbey of Trinità, 37-40; catacombs, 38; bad food, 41.

Venus, gives name to Venosa, 33; marble head of, 92.

Verace, watershed, 195, 196, 204.

Verde antico, marble, 91.

Vespoli, G. F., 298.

Viceregal period. See Spanish Viceroys.

Vieste, village, 7, 21.

Viggianello, village, 157.

Vigilantius of Marseilles, 153.

Villa Beaumont, Taranto, 83.

Villari, P., 191.

Vincolo forestale, its provisions disregarded, 218.

Virgil, 42, 46, 80, 284, 285.

“Virtù,” retains antique meaning, 53.

Vitiello, night-quarters at, 149-150.

Vito, saint, struggles with Madonna, 92.

Voltaire, 76, 170, 262.

Votive offerings, 152.

Vulture (Gyps fulvus), 184.

Vulture, mountain, 2, 13, 21, 32, 41.

Vulturnus wind, 41, 53.