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we lost sight of was the dome of St. Peter’s, from a 
hill about six miles off. We engaged with the 
same voiturin who had brought us from Florence 
to Rome,—a man of character, and with whom we 
were well pleased,—to carry us to Bologna by Lo- 
retto (366 miles) for 10 sequins (that is about 5/. 
each), and provisions and every thing included. We 
arrived here quite safe and well May 5th at noon; 
and had a very agreeable journey, except that the 
weather was part of the way very cold, and we had 
much rain. One half day we were obliged to lie by 
on account ofa storm of rain and wind in our faces 
as we went by the sea side from Savignano toward 
Rimini. Friday, April 27th, we visited the famous 
cascade of Terni, said to be one of the finest in the 
world. It is avery considerable river, which falls 
above 460 feet perpendicular, as it is said, but I can 
scarcely conceive it to be quite so much: it is al- 
most all changed into foam in its fall, and is dashed 
up an amazing height from the rocks below; it 
fills the neighbouring valleys, which are very ro- 
mantic, with a perpetual mist, and when the sun 
shines there is always a rainbow. We slept at 
Spoleto, where there is a fine old aqueduct. Next 
day our road lay through one of the finest and rich- 
est countries I ever saw; it was along a very ex- 
tensive valley, cultivated in the highest degree with 
corn and vines, and bounded by hills clad with olive- 
trees, and stuck with towns, white convents, villas 
and cottages, to their very tops. The hedges were 
full of what we call Italian May, in flower, and 
Venus’s Looking-glass grew on the banks. At 
