, 1873-04-27

suct1s certainly our experience We have tried
ocuriers, aud found them wanting and nov-> n,a
are travelling alone, and find it d blessed relief
To turn to another subject: Perhaps it nav
something about the
CLIMATE or ROME IND NAPLES.
which is much dreaded by many Americans. II
Il always hard to tell, in making inquiries about
aud how much is false. People may have 81 an Iae ins
I terest, and often do, in making out ploce mnch
worso than it really ia- Landlords are
particularly given to this, for thay want
bic With them. In fact, it is very hard to obtain
reliable information. We made very careful in
quir1es before going to Rome, and heard Of .,
good deal Of illness there, but supposed it v.s
probably exaggerated, and so went to make our
visit as ne had proposed. But came to the
conclusion that, this season at least, the climate
OF Rone has been very unhealthy.' There haya
been, to my knowledge, a great many cases OF
feVer there, more or less serious; and,
even whero people do not actually have
1assitude and depression Of spirits. There is
| lack Of vitality in the air, and heaviness and
deadness, which is particularly trying when the
airoceo wind is blGwag The se Effect t%s,o Of @ the eli
interest In anything whatsoever. They don't
want TO see anything OF do anything, Or 60 any,
I where; and the least thug costs an effort Of:
mind and body. This state OF thing is peshaFa !,
i
t ndMEysE AMOUNT OF EXCAVATION =
which is ut present in progress in Rome. The
/ malaria comes from the ground, and, AZ long as
it is confined beneath the paving Stones it loses
turned up, OF courae it is freed and let loose
! upon the air. For this reason, the hotels down
among the narrow streets Of the city are perhaps I
healthier than those up upon the hill, WHARF it's
sthe 0hello, the jews quarter, which is one of
zhe most disgustingly dirty places eEer was in,
aud where tho streets are so narrow You can al
most reach scross them But Rome is q very .
hotel you 60 to. aud Naples is not much better.
The climate OF Naples Is very fine, and Nature
has made the place as healthy as place could j.
be; but ;
j. NAy HAS sPOHT IT ALL ... +.
The drainage ia very imperfect, / do not know
exactly what The trouble is, but at times, when
the wind blows from certain direction, tho ho-
tells are filed with the most offensive odors, and
arc more bad odors in the streets Of Naples than
any city ever WAS in. Each street has q mo-
nopoly on some particular one, end then bor1owa
as much as it possibly can from its naighbors, in
order to produce delightful sum total Naples
is noisy, too. Most Neapoltans are :, --:
::. oRaAS-oRkSDERs, =
and those who do not go into this business 20
about the streets shouting out the prices Of
small merchandise which they want to sell, and
spend the evening under your balcony ee1enad-
hand d-oreans.., can't eay which ia fbs Torae
Neapolitan donkeys are very outspoken also and
make 1proar enough to drown eyen tie baud
orrans. It is not good place for weak nerves.
-: But sonREvTo u,
AhI veg. Sorrento is perfect.-wonderfullv er-
auisiely beautiful. All tourist depressed b. The
Homan sirocco. disc1sted by the aromaa Of Nanfes
and deafane1 l,v it, hind organs: coma harc an3
be happy. Here tho bright blue ses lies spread
before Vnu. and. far bofow the, g1nnit 81 tha :.
clff on which Won stand its sapptiro waves hcan
against the rncky wall and baieck theroselraa =.
V3th par1anda q; snow-xi;te foar9. The: 1ons;o
Of, the waters rises gently upvard from tho
danths beIow: and so5thea yo11r weary nerves
xvifh - oonr ~ rast Arnrnd vou ar3aa hi1io