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the city, where in feveral places they form a fort of 

 little -market fitting round with their flock of wood be* 

 fore them. Labourers and the lower orders.of citizens 

 buy it of them, to burn in the tripods for warming 

 themfelves, or to uf e it in their fcanty kitchen. 



Other children carry about for fak the water of the 

 fulphureous wells ; which, particularly in the fpring 

 feafon, is drank in great abundance. Others again en- 

 deavour to tu,rn a few pence, by buying a fmall matter 

 of fruit, of preffed honey, Cakes, and comfits, and 

 then, like little pedlars, offer and fell them to other 

 children ; always for no more profit than that they may 

 have their fhare of them free of expence. It is really 

 curious to fee, how fuch an urchin, whofe whole flock 

 and property confifls in a board and a knife, will cany 

 about a water melon or a half roafled gourd, collects a 

 troop of children round him, fets down his board, and 

 proceeds to divide the fruit into fmall pieces among 

 them. The buyers keep a fharp look out to fee that they 

 have enough for their little piece of copper • and the li- 

 liputian tradefman acts with no lefs caution as the exi- 

 gencies of the cafe may require, that he be not cheated 

 out of a morfel. I am convinced, that during the 

 courfe of longer ftay in this place, many more exam- 

 ples of fuch childilh trafficking might be collected. 



A vail number of perfons, partly of the middle ages, 

 and partly boys, that are, generally fpeaking, very 

 badly clothed, employ themfelves in bringing dung to 

 town upon the backs of affes. The country lying clofe 

 about Naples is one continued kitchen garden ; and it 

 is a pleafure to fee what an inexpreflible quantity of 

 greens are brought hither every market day; which 



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