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Art. XII. — Journal of a Tour to the Coast of the Adriatic 
Sea , and to the Mountains of Carniola , Carinthia , Tyrol , 
Saltzburg , and Bohemia , undertaken chiefly with a view to 
the Botany and Entomology of those countries. By Dr Da- 
vid Henry Hoppe and Dr Henry Hornschuch. (Conti- 
nued from page 149.) 
44 Hundsberg, Feb . 27. — •We have spent the greater part 
of the day in this city (Trieste), in order to take a view of 
its splendours, although but superficially, and to see the Carni- 
val. We are disposed to consider, without any reference to its 
natural productions, that Trieste itself is well worth being vi- 
sited by strangers. A sea-port, particularly an Italian one, pos- 
sesses many attractions above inland towns. The beauty and 
riches of its valuable goods, which are every where exposed to 
public sale in the shops ; the market, with its variety of articles, 
especially its Italian fruits, amongst which oranges and lemons 
are seen in all directions, piled in heaps like pyramids; the 
number of girls, offering the loveliest bouquets of flowers for a 
meje trifle ; and, lastly, the crowds of people, among whom are 
seen individuals of all nations, distinguished by their physiogno- 
my, no less than by their dress, are some of the first peculiari- 
ties that attract the notice of a stranger. The Carnival was, to 
us, quite a novel sight ; more than a hundred carriages were, 
for hours, driving in a compact body through the principal 
streets of the city, to the Corso. 
44 When, again, you take a view of the ocean, which daily 
wafts intelligence from the most distant countries, which affords 
such a delightful opportunity for visiting foreign climes, which 
supplies the table with the rarest and most delicate fish, and 
brings the richest wines from other countries, it may easily be 
supposed, that every one here can have his wishes abundantly 
gratified, be his condition in life what it may. But, on the 
other hand, when we come to inspect more closely the real state 
of things, we shall find that 44 it is not all gold that glitters 
and that, in many respects, it is happier to dwell in our cold 
northern Germany than here. We will, however, spare our 
criticisms, as we come not to spy out the nakedness of the land, 
but to search for the productions which nature hither yields.'” 
