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the inn, he went therefore to the quay, to make his enquiries; but,

after all the endeavours of himself and Ludovico, they could hear of no

bark, destined immediately for France, and the travellers returned to

their resting-place Here also, Du Pont endeavoured to learn where his

regi it The

travellers retired early to rest, after the fatigues of this day;

and, on the following, rose early, and, without pausing to view the

celebrated antiquities of the place, or the wonders of its hanging

tower, pursued their journey in the cooler hours, through a char

country, rich ine, and corn and oil The Apennines, no longer

awful, or even grand, here softened into the beauty of sylvan and

pastoral landscape; and Ehorn, and its spacious bay, filled with vessels, and

croith these beautiful hills

She was no less surprised and a this town, to find

it croith persons in the dresses of all nations; a scene, which

reminded her of a Venetian masquerade, such as she had witnessed at the

tiaiety, and noise

instead of

outlines of the surrounding hills