Chaa III. Low-Go UN TRIES, Germany, ^c. 
pleafant as long as the Places remain to which they 
refer. 
Thefe Obfervations and Remarks are placed at the 
End of this Sedlion, that the Reader may the better 
judge of the Reafons upon which they are founded, as 
well as to Ipare ourfelves and him the Trouble of re- 
peating the fame Things, where thofe Reafons have 
made the fame Conduct neceffary in the remaining Part 
of his Work, of which it is but Juftice to fay, that 
moft of its Imperfedions are fuch as no Performance of 
the fame Kind can be exempted from, and that moft 
of his Superfluities are owing to his Endeavours to render 
his Book complete *, which from the Nature of Things, 
neither it nor any of its Kind ever can be •, for while 
Things are fubjed to perpetual Alterations, it is impof- 
fible to frame any Defcriptions of them that will lafl; for 
any confiderable Length of Time ♦, this therefore we 
hope, will be a fuflicient Apology both for him and for 
us, and fliall, for that Reafon, infift upon this Subed n© 
longer, but return again to our Author^s Travels. 
SECTION II. 
The Travels of Mr. Maximilian Misson, through a great Part of 
Italy, with a diliinSi Detail of whatever is' curious or worthy of Objervation in the 
Places he vifited^ and many judicious and important Remarks on the Manner 
CuJlomSj &c. of the Inhabitants.. 
"j. A Defcription of what is remarkable in the "Road to Verona ; of that City and of the chief Edifices^ 
and other Ehings that are remarkable therein. 2. An Account of his fourney from thence to Vicenza; 
a Defcription of that City., and ^ Padua, with abundance of Remarks upon the ancient and modern 
State oj that famous Univerfity. 3. ’fhe Author's Pafage from thence to Venice ; a very large Ac- 
count of that famous City, and of all the publick Buildings, and other Places op Note therein. 4. Phis 
SubjeB continued, with various Remarks upon a Multitude of curious and entertaining Popicks. 5. Phe 
Conclufon of this SubjeSl, interfpers'd with Obfervations upon the Government of the Republick, and the 
mfory of the feveral Dukes of Venice. 6. A Defcription of Rovigo, Ferrara, Ravenna, Rimini, 
Pefaro, and Fano, with an Account of what is remarkable in each oj them, and in the Country about 
them. 7. A very copious and circumfiantial Defcription of Loretto, of the holy Houfe there, with many 
curious and entertaining RefleBions. 8. Pbe Author's journey from Loretto to Rome, with a Dej'crip- 
tion of all the Places of Note he pafed through inhi^jVay, with Obfervations upon their Situation, Produce, 
ancient and modern Condition, &c. 9. An Accow^t of whatever is remarkable in the Way between 
Rome and Naples ; a Defcription oj the Roman High^ways, and feme Account of the City ^Naples. 
20. Phat SubjeB continued, together with a particular and moft entertaining Relation oj the Author's 
journey to Mount Vefuvius, and other remarkable Places in the Neighbourhood of that City. ii. A 
very large and ufeful ColleBion of Remarks and Obfervations on the City and Republick ^Venice, occa- 
fioned by a long Better written to the Author during his Stay in Italy, in which are contained a Multi- 
tude of very important Particulars, and wherein many vulgar Errors are enumerated and refuted. 
1 , ROM hence we traveled on to Rover edo, a little 
Id City famous for its Trade in Silk, and fo on to 
Borguetto, the laft Village in the Territory of Trent, 
and to OJfenigo, the fir ft belonging to the Venetians, a 
little wooden Crofs being the Mark that fliews the 
Boundary of thefe two States. On this Side of the firft 
mentioned City, you travel thro* tht Wood of Rover edo, 
as they call it, tho* there is fcarce a Shrub to be feen 
all the Way, the Ground being cover’d with Rocks, 
that lie fcatter’d up and down, at fome Diftance from 
one another.'-' It is a dangerous Paflage for Travellers, 
as well as the Foreft csiVergnara, between OJfenigo and the 
Fort of Guardara, by Reafon of the Multitude of Rob- 
bers that frequent thefe defart Places. It being too late 
to reach the Fort Sclufe, we were forced to lodge in the 
little Village of Seraino. The Fort is feated at the Foot 
of a high Rock, the Way leading to it being cut out 
of the craggy Rock, which is a Precipice on the Back- 
fide, at the Bottom whereof the Adige runs with a 
fwift Current. 
After we had paffed the Fort, and had coafted for 
fome Time the Banks of the faid River, which here 
glides along among the Rocks, we came at laft into a 
vaft Plain, which is ftony and barren in divers Places, 
tho’ in others you fee it well planted with Olive and 
■white Mulberry-trees for Silk-worms, as well as with 
Vines, the laft of which are planted at the Foot of 
Cherry-trees and young Elms, and join themfelves from 
Tree to Tree, forming thereby a very agreeable Pro- 
fpe6f. Having pafs’d the Adige in a Ferry-boat two 
Leagues from Seraino, we difcover’d foon after the City 
©f V wona, where we arrived the fame Day, 
On that Side where we entred the Gates, we found 
a great many void Spaces, and the Grafs growing in 
the Streets, which were fcarce half paved ; and tho’ 
the reft is fomething better, yet, generally fpeaking, it 
is a poor Place, and very indifferently peopled. The 
Houfes are commonly low and unequal, the Balconies 
for the moft part of Wood, and the Streets dirty and 
generally very narrow ; however, its Situation is infi- 
nitely pleafing, and the Air very good. The Adige di- 
vides it in two Parts, which are joined again by four 
Stone Bridges. The Caftle of St. Peter being feated 
upon a riling Ground, affords a moft admirable Pro- 
fpe6b of the adjacent Country. The Fort of St. Felix 
is behind that of St. Peter, and both together command 
the City ; the reft of the Fortifications are both irregu- 
lar, and much out of Repair. 
The Amphitheatre of Verona is all deftroy’d as to the 
Front or outward Wall, but the Benches have been 
kept in tolerable Repair : There are forty four of them, 
the Circumference of the higheft I found five hundred 
and thirty Paces, and of the loweft two hundred and 
fifty ; each Step is a Foot and a half high, and twenty 
fix Inches broad. At each End of the Arena, betwixt 
the Benches, is a Portal of twenty five Feet high, by 
which you may enter out of the Street into the Arena ; 
and above each of thefe Portals, a Balcony of twenty 
Foot long and ten broad, furrounded with Marble 
Rails. 
In the Cathedral, which is a little dark Building, 
you fee the Tomb of Pope Lucius III, with this In- 
fcription only ^ 
