NAPIITRA. This remarkable substanee is Yeb4ile pil, which issues from the Fypurla iii Various parts of the and is on that account Palled or Colotuie#e naphtha iSelleS at Ila101 near the CeSeian where the vapours which arise frsre it arc kindled, and the flame appliecl t.9 domestic and manufacturing purposes. In ultras Gangetic; India (hero is a spot where ;so fewer than,AAA naphtha springs are Met with ; each spring yields nearly 1$0,000 Ths, of yearly, Tho pity of Parma is said to be lighted with naphtha, Naphtha possesses a penetrating odour and generally a yellow colour ; but it may be deprived of colour by distillation. It boils at about and is very inflammable, It miiea easily with Aeolic)l and with oils, but not with water; and it die,. salvos a great variety of substances. A forms with ceoutchous a gelatinous Tarnish, Naph the i0 chiefly for purposes of nation, as a solvent for caoutehoue, and in the preparation of g very superior black pigs meat, NAPr.,gS, The produotions of the soil, in this rich region of southern Italy, are various, The staple products are corn, wine, oil, wool, and Sills. The plains of Apulia produce vast quantities of corn end wool for o9iortatioo) Gallipoli is the great oil mart, silk 13 made in Calabria, in Abrusso Citra, Terra di 4194,, and PrilleiPtite, GOtton is Predneed in the provinces of Pali, Prineipate, neer Qastella mare, and other places. Wine is made all
over the liingdorri, and in great abundance and variety, but most of it is consumed in the country and within the year. Spine brandy is Made and exported to The country prodeces most kinds of fruit, such as chestnuts, almonds, oranges, lemons, puma granates, melons, peaches, and apricots, Tobacco is cultivated chiefly near Lgoge, Saffron in Abruzzo, and the sugarcane Calabria, Flex, hemp, and rice are 5150 raised in considerable quantity in the le* grounds, Indian corn is also much cultivated, ChceSO is made chiefly in Abrerse and Apulia, Ill some favoured spots, such as in the noighonr_ hood of Naples, qt the foot of Kaput Vesu vius, pear Nonteloone arid Reggio in Calabria, the fertility of the soil seems inexhaustible, A little coal and iron are found, The forests have been much negleeted, The city of Naples has mauuraoturvs Pf hate, straw-hats, gloves, leather, earthenware, Sera], pad jelrelkTY hut. the gene' rally is far from being a manufacturing or commercial one.
The British produce and manufactures ex ported to Naples and Sicily in 1848 amounted in value to 695,600/. The imports thence into Great Britain in 1848 comprised among the larger items sulphur (625,032 cwts.), olive oil (3455 tons), oranges (57,283 packages), silk (54,193 lbs.), wine (589,369 gallons), wool (641,608 lbs.).