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rendered, the lady, together with her new-born 

 infant and the rest of her family, escaped the next 

 day with considerable difficulty, and travelled to 

 Genoa. 



Although not acquainted with quite so many lan- 

 guages as Mezzofanti, Count Miniscalchi is a remark- 

 able linguist, especially with regard to Arabic and 

 other oriental tongues. He has availed himself of his 

 talent, and published several works, the most interest- 

 ing of which is a translation of the Gospel of St. 

 John from Syro-Chaldaic (the language probably 

 spoken by our Saviour) into Latin. The manuscript^ 

 from which this translation is made, is preserved in 

 the Vatican. 



[While we were at Col& my mother received a visit 

 from a very distinguished and gifted lady, the Countess 

 Bon-Brenzoni. As an instance of the feelings enter- 

 tained by an Italian woman towards my mother, I insert 

 a letter written by the Countess some time afterwards, 

 and also an extract from her poems : 



FBOM THE COUNTESS BON-BRENZONI TO MBS. 

 SOMEBVILLE. 



28 Maggio, 1853. 



ILLUSTRE SIGNOEA, 



Fui molto contenta udendo che finalmente le sia 

 giunto 1' involto contenente le copie stampate del Carme^ 



