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    petuated ( and that , too , by people who pretend to read their Bibles ) in tl > e name which has been given to female penitentiaries . * 10 th . * * * * * * In the afternoon I took a drive to Fiesole , whence I enjoyed a glorious prospect indeed . The eye here ranges over the whole rich vale of the Arno , teeming with fertility and studded with villas , in the midst of which rises Florence , with her proud domes and towers , though reduced , by the distance at which she is seen , to a mere nothing . The

    view extends from the woody height of Vallombrosa on the East , to the mountains of Lucca on the West , and presents every variety of wood , rock , and stream , of corn-field and garden , of city and country . On the top of the hill I fell in with a Franciscan Friar , who took me through his convent to see the view on the other side . He shewed me a room where the Library had formerly been . The French , he said , had carried it away , and it had not been restored at the peace . He mourned over the loss of the

    books ; but whether they were of any great use to their owners I very much doubt . He told me that his convent was very poor , and added , that it was hard work to carry a bag about , begging . I might have asked him , why he did not dig instead . This would surely be a more reputable mean of gaining a livelihood than the other . It is an unprofitable life which is divided between saying mass , preaching occasionally , and carrying a bag about from door to door .

    The range of hills on which Fiesole stands , forms a noble back-ground to Florence , as seen from any of the little eminences to the Southward . The town itself , however , does not correspond to the beauty of its situation ; for the streets are narrow , the houses gloomy , and the buildings very irregular , good , bad , and indifferent , being all ranged in the same row . Yet this place has a much more cheerful look than Rome ; there is more bustle and activity , and the number of good , substantial dwellings shews that wealth is

    more generally diffused . There are excellent shops of every description , and a capital library and news-room , where the principal English papers and reviews are all taken . Living , too , is cheaper than in any large town that I ever was in . One day I breakfasted , dined , and drank tea , and had a bottle of good wine to my dinner , all for six pauls , or about 2 s . 6 c ? . English ! Besides all this , there are delightful drives and walks in the suburbs ; and , to crown the whole , society is more accessible here than in any other

    town in Italy . No wonder , then , that this is so favourite a resort of foreigners , particularly of the English , many of whom have taken up their abode here . There is , indeed , one drawback , namely , the climate , which is as bad or even worse than that of England , being affected by excessive heat and sirocco in summer , and by cold winds from the Apennines in winter . Delicate persons , therefore , should not choose this for their residence , great as its attractions are .

    Sunday , 1 lth . Attended the French Protestant service , which is chiefly supported by the Swiss . There were about sixty persons present—no singing ; though not , as I was told , for the same reason as at Naples , but from the want of some one to conduct it . 12 th and 13 th . Came from Florence to Bologna en voiturier , in company

    * The mistake has probably arisen in this way . The woman mentioned in Luke vii . has been confounded with Mary , the sister of Lazarus , who is recorded in John xii . 1—3 to have anointed our Lord ' s feet at Bethany ; and she again has been confounded with Mary Magdalene . See this more fully explained in the Mou . Kepos . O . S . Vol . XX . p . 393 .

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    J 72 Journal of a Tour on the Continent .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1829, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2570/page/20/