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Above is a figure of the Pope giving his benedic- 
tion. The artist is to be paid about 30002. He is 
a Venetian. There is a perpetual crowd about 
this monument, and nobody talks of anything else. 
The people have begun to kiss a part of the dra- 
pery of one of the figures, which hangs low; for 
the late Pope is adored by all kinds of people ex- 
cept those who helped to take him off. The people 
likewise kiss the monument of Innocent XI. at St. 
Peter's. I have not met with the “Voyage de 
Y Abbé Richard,” but with that of ‘De la Lande,” 
which is an excellent one. I have also just been 
reading Addison’s Travels, and a poor book it is. 
Smollet’s gives a very just account of the manners 
of the people, but he always gives the dark side. 
I wish I had Lady Miller’s Letters; from what I 
remember of them they are very just, and have af- 
forded me many useful hints. 
Your dutiful Son, 
J. EB. Smira. 
J. E. Smith to his Mother. 
Honoured Madam, Bologna, May 7, 1787. 
Although I wrote to my father so lately as April 
24th, yet having made a long step since, I think you 
will have no objection to hear we are got thus 
much nearer home. On the 25th after dinner we 
left Rome, casting many a longing lingering look 
at the fine things we passed by. I have left no 
place with half so much regret. The last object 
