Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-18
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GiBRAurAR, Nov. s.
Ishgli, for your qualification and my friends
sndeasUr give yon short my voyage. The
whole time have belcused this vessel has been spent
most asrceabiy. onour passage Havre de Grace,
enjoyed all that good company and weather could give.
We remained in iayie for three weeks, where bad
very opportunity of becoming acquainted with the place
II is be compared with Boson beauty re-
eularitys and our town. bad ensugh The streets
very narrow and ty, and the houses six
Ii.s high built chiefly oi interior rre,tone but the
surrounding country is indeed beautiful From Hayre
we proceeded Gibraltar strongest fortress ever
Known. The town has nothing remarkabie aud is uuc
smaher man Portsmouth, IN New Hampshire. The ia.
haoliants depend chiefly upon the neishbur.ng Spanish
tUwns for provisions. rbe rock, according aacient
Slytbolnyy, is SAID 10 be one O tue pillars OF Hercules
Prom Gibraltar we proceeded to Naples to JON our
tgnadfon Naples IS the lrst city the Mediterranean
shores Here The curious may wander for months and
st'ti ind something to invite uier attention The pain
fnss aud scui ptnIe exceeded expectation
visited Murats palace, which Is easy ingrrss TO
strangers, as The hing only sleeps there twice
week This, perhaps is The most elegant building IN
world Of It's s'ze IL contains 80 large aud pacuns
rooms, all ofwlnch visited. by giving triiug gratuy
10 ths Keeper. Lady Mafars bed room Is eight
looms distant from her husbands. TIER ed-chaui-
oers stu remain, Aett IN most exact order. The
present king sleeps in tie north paT OF the palace La
cy huraIs bathing room tadjening her bcd-chamber)
Is lined with superb glasses. The library is led with
most choice collection OF hooks, OF ali languages The
saloons are large. Que room, Che smallest said to
have half million OF dollars. The garden attached
10 the palace, though large is elegant containing
several fountains, statues fruit trees flowers and
plants of various kinds. While here the burn
Ing ofVesuvins great II strikes the mind with as.
constituent TO the mounain vomiting forth flames
and smoke, with large quantities OF lava rolling miles
down its huge sides. The ruins of Iiercnaneun and
Pompeii ye; remaining. These cities DESTROYED
by an earthquake MANY hundred years ago discover
cd sometime last century number of the sreeisgere
cleared out hy Muret The GTetto OF PausiIlrpO one
nile long, and cut through solid rock. The passage is
large enough ferwo carriages TO drive abreast and light
cd at all times. Ii Is work of much labor. The GTot-
% OF Delcarno Is remarkable oT It's poisonous streams
The catacombs extend several miles under ground
NTgls tomb IS still remaining. ihougi much decayed
Tho women here take great pains Ia adoTn their persons
which naturally beautiful. Operas, plays &c are
their principal amusements IL is almost impossible 10
walk he streets of Naples for the number OF beg
eaIs which infest strangers all sides.
From Naples we proceeded Ia runs, place worthy of
little attention. The ruins OF Carthage are vet TO be
seen. This once famous city destroyed before Christ
by the Romans; now nothing remains but few pillars
and ruins OF hOildings oftem inhabited by Turks
savage thnn wild Indians. have number OF
cid coins which picked MP among the ruins.
From Tnns proceeded ilgers, strongly fortii.
ed city and although The English boast much Of la-
wing hnnlbled them, cannot the great injury done
The forts al repaired.
Cur Com. was sauted ny the town, which he return
ed They did not pay the attention English
frgae which arrived shortly after The roofs the
honses all slated and a may walk all over the
town, las their tops Joined by passagcs from one
roof TO another which is the way people visit each ether
Patriot.