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a wall, five or six miles from Chioggia, of huge stones, 

 hewn, strongly cemented. It shelves up to the top by 

 steps, and is above 12 or 14 feet high. 



Oct. 22. At Chioggia changed boat and had re- 

 freshments ; then up the Adige, which is here a noble 

 river : the sail was used, and it was delightful. From 

 the Adige, by a canal and lock, to the place where 

 we left boat (Savia). Commandant of the place (a 

 French officer of Polacks) had me brought up for ex- 

 amination, not understanding my American passport ; 

 he was excessively civil, apologised, and gave me 

 Kosolio, with many compliments, after signing my 

 passport 



At Pesaro, Oct. 23. Arrived at Foligno (24) at 

 six in the morning never remember being so fatigued. 

 Horrid toothache no sleep. Went over very rough 

 road, bones almost broken by the constant prac- 

 tice of galloping through towns, where the pavements 

 exceed all others in hills and valleys. All the towns 

 of the Campagna di Eoma are on hills, steep on both 

 sides, rising out of a noble plain full of vineyards. 

 Quantity of villas with gates highly ornamented. 

 Came to Spoleto "Spoletum, Umbriae caput" a 

 most ugly town, but ancient, with striking wall of 

 Gothic thickness. Went on without stopping by the 

 Via Flaminia, arriving at Eome (Oct. 25) at eleven. 

 Fatigued and jolted to shivers by the Via Flaminia 

 a causeway twenty miles long. Not so sore as 

 yesterday. Last night the rain continued as before. 

 Passed through Terni. From thence to Narni, which 



