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do not attend the opera adjourn to a ncigli- 

 bouring cafd, and during the summer months 

 pass their evenings chiefly in the open air. 

 Every cafe, and about every sixth house is a 

 cafi^, is surrounded of an evening by a multi- 

 tude of small tables, whereat their customers 

 are su2:)plied with ices and effervescing drinks ; 

 and these entertainments al fresco are attended 

 by ladies of the first rank and position in the 

 city. UjDon the whole, we found Trieste a very 

 agreeable halting place, thanks to the kindness 

 of our English friends, who introduced us as 

 honorary members to the club and reading- 

 rooms ; and the accommodation at the Hotel do 

 la Ville, where we resided, was all that could be 

 desired, unless, perhaj)s, in the item of beds, — 

 and German beds are the most uncomfortable in 

 i\\Q world, a stout gentleman finding his couch 

 as deficient in width, as a tall one does in lengih, 

 and tlic coverings are j^roportionately scanty, 

 so that the valedictory salutation of " fcUcc 

 notte Stff?ior " by the pretty camarilla who 

 lighted us to our rooms, was a vile mockery in 

 our case ; but we soon got accustomed to the 

 inconvenience, and all else in the hotel was the 

 perfection of comfort. 



