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Sestri next morning, as it rained; but the day after 
being very fine, not a breath of wind, and the sea 
smooth as possible without a wave, we were rowed 
thirty miles to Lerici, all the way within a few yards 
of the shore, which is most sublimely beautiful ; 
nothing could be finer than this voyage, nor was it 
worth sixpence to be insured. From Lerici we came 
yesterday post to Pisa. This day we have been 
highly entertained with the fine old cathedral, the 
hanging tower, &c. of this place; the town is very 
pleasant, streets wide, clean and airy, the river very 
fine, but the inhabitants too few for so large a place. 
We have determined to go straight to Florence to- 
morrow. 
Your ever dutiful Son, 
J. E. Smita. 
We are abundantly furnished with letters to every 
place we go to, from the Durazzos, Dr. Batt, Brous- 
sonet, &c.; so that we shall see the principal literary 
people in Italy. 
The Marquis Durazzo (who knows Spallanzani 
well) assures me that he is now in prison at Vienna, 
under a charge of embezzling some things intrusted 
to his care by the Emperor. His friends hope he is 
innocent; so do I, for the honour of philosophers. 
J. E. Smith to his Father. 
Honoured Sir, Rome, Feb. 12, 1787. 
My last was addressed to my dear mother, from 
Pisa, Jan. 22nd; and I now sit down to continue my 
