New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-12

yoa VIII ace dripping wedFcs Of II ranged along on
stands aud sold for . hafdoioeoo The piazn Navons
Is its headquarters Here heaps OF wstcrmolons are
piled np On an sides, Ike great green bOnb-shes and
near by each is bench behind which, houlishing a
long sharp knife aDc shooting "B,M coo0,aert-cocO.
mTf beHL ~ rbol at the tip Of his voice stands
ron WHO tosseS them ~ the air faIs them With sharp
Zip. aud then sliong them into even wedges spreads
them on his bonch Who refuse them a. they glow
there fresh and juicy, the black seeds spotted on their
rosy feshf Elcs, bees and wasps pursue them with
pet.naci,rs ayidy, and in The intervals Of sale the
b7goriro hhs ms hands ul in driving away these cica
tGfes with his busy wisp Around tie bench con-
slant CustOmeIs-thrsty, heated men, who Wine away
the Precipitation from their fofeheads and Selling III
ros wedges. plunge their faces into them, unL1 inc
juice slrIs aud.drips over the pavement Flingng the
IAG tO the ground. he SEXES another while dirty lit.
tie scamp secures il, and gnaws away the faint puA
edge he has left down into the green The people care
far moro for the watermelon than for the grape They
make parties out Of the gates TO eat them. and cannot
restrain their appotitcs at the sight Of them. At tho
time Of the cholera several years ago when the Gov.
eminent prohibited them from being brought within the
gates for sanitary reasons the Romans murmurcd and
growed more than if tax had been laid upon them.
One remedy there was-they could eat watermeons
outside the city and there they poured IN crowds 90 De.
your their fayorto fruit In Of the companies OF
leone cutters" stout athletic carter. who as soon
no had left the P0rts Portese bought two water.
melons and sliced them up. and slipping one Wecge INTO
his mouth cried Sir Cholera will you let me eat this
slice of water.uicOni va. uia-Come come Sir spite
ful this scer This finished, he seized another.
and cried Just more, Sir Cholera and long life to
your And this still because sat- it's 80 par
ticnarly goodand this one more for the sake OF your
beautiful phland this for the wh5kers or the doctors
who have given yOu your passport for Rome ALdthus
with salutaion TO each slice, and amid the sngh-
ter Of his friends he ate the whole OF both the water
melons But that night ne carried ~ the IdtEayeo
and the next day 10 the cemetery.
The next greatest fayorite to the watermelon are 1gs
OF this luscious fruit which grows In great quantities all
around Rome, there are many yarietiesgreen yellow,
purple hyacintls and almost black. They are brought
into the market he0ped up in baskets and set ont the
benches Of the Piazza di Nayona for sale. There you
viii see the zgecOinO gGroonca odlarye brogion cas-
taRnu0H pisiae srasse. guccherHi oTddtuOli cerdf.
M and dottGj and OF these the best the brosio
large purple fig; the dod long light green bg; the
lucchtrai small fat, and very sweet g and the usT.
DIM. which is late fig with green skin and csrmine
ia the inside. There two crops Of hgs each tree
The first which ripen in July and are called 6ctf0Tt
OF Ower.fgs are little esteemed and have not much ia
yor; but the second figs which ripen later, though
in September, the Roman people gotler in the evening
in the Piazza Nayona to enjoy their gteaSt as they
call H. the MdgHafa de- FIGHT" Parties OF five or
six unite together purchase Of the great baskets
and seating themselves round IT, make very short Work
its contents, First they select tue rpest fruit the
thin sken sn Of which looks if IL had been scratch
cd by cat and is sticky with the rich juice oozing
through its rents. These they swallow Of mouthiui
without poeling them. Then come the poorer bgs IN /
succession down tc those which are young thieskn,
ned and milky round the stem. After this glass Of
agra ritz or fGSco OF red wine, Is taken - FOR the
stonachs sake" 1t is wonderful what quantities true
Roman will eat at one sitting A pot uncommon neal
more are eaten than should like TO say. Or all fruits
however there Il none more easy OF digestion than lS
and the magdHta ID seldom followed BY any aiefpan5s
under the ibis.
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iess suitable to the purposes Of the work, while
others have been materially altered, and numerous
errors of the press, incidental to the printing Of
foreign words and Names have been corrected.