The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-27

oSoA say, parties Oh noisy Nsapolis2l:
shouting and singing for the sake Of
the echoes. and also, because they arc
always noisy. 4 little chapel is in The
rock az each end, and monks come &c
the door III hope Of alrns-the Capu
chin monk in coarse brown robes, ~, {
glrdled and barefoo;ed These arc
common il Italy The converts there
aye bring rapidly suppressed as too grca,
All expense. The Pope has no reason
TO love Victor Emanuel. for though hi:
own personal popularity WAS neve,
greater, bis absolute reign Is over. H.
Is all extremely pleasing old man. and
Is especially gracious To Americans
He passes slowly down the line
Of kneeling admirers on his audi
ence day. holding OF, his little
finger to be kissed. and some
times speaking to a favored one. H.
thus noticed Nellie, and . young ,uan
In our party--we all took rosaries aid
crosses to be blessed tor Catholic friends
at home. The great gi,ded carriages OF
state. which used to convey the Pope
aud his cardinals, are superb circus
equipages, only lined with crimson vel
vet and made a mass Of gliding The
carnival ended soon after our arrival at
Naples. Probably gave you descrip-
tion of it. as saw it in Nice. two years
ago. We saw 1t this last time from a
balcony hear the Kings palace Victor
Emanuel is out every day, but in
plain clothes aud carriage. The Prin-
cess Marguerite drives III gayer equip
age with footmen in scarlet livery She
is very gracious and much admired.
Prince Humbert is not We went over
to the Isle of Capri. where the famous
Blue Grotto" is. 1t is a small opening
in the side of the rocky island, and is
entered BY small rowbosts, in which
You must nearly lie down, the opening
Is so low. and, on entering, all is illumi-
mated with strange blue light. which
turn people into statues, or inhabit-
ants of another world. This strange
effect is partly the reflection Of the
wonderful blue Of Mediterranean water,
partly the cave. There is also Green
Grotto." but smaller and much less
wonderful We did not visit it. We
dinsd on the island. drank Capri wine,
and bought cheap coral. We landed at
Sorrento. but did not leave the landing
Naples is a city Of dreadful smells, and
| felt half sick Another time
should take lodgings more out of town
We then returned to Rome. and stAid
two weeks or more We saw the
treasures Of the Vntican--thc finest
pictures in the world We saw the
Capitol with its famous twins, Castor
and Pollux. guarding the grand stairs
which ascend the Capitoline Hill, the
many treasures of ancient sculpture and
the church of Ara Coeli, near where
lies the "Bam mbino"-ths silliest thing
Of the many old country legends made
of olive from the sacred mount and
painted by St Luke while the pilgrim
slept The fountains of Rome are
grand. We drank from the "Trevi,'
and therefore hope to visit Rome
again. to explore and admire it more
leisurely.
Florence, after Rome, is disappoint-
ing-only the climate is fresher-but
the famed Arno is u muddy. yellow
stream. less pretty than the Tiber-and
neither have any beauty but that Of
association. The Case in is u green.
shaded, lovely piece of ground with
fine carriage drives. and flower sellers
meet you here and there always
old women--the traditional Flower
Girl of Italy, has vanished--I know not
why. From Florence We went to Ven
ice most poetical Of all. This city Of
the Sea is indeed attractive. 1t rises
from the water like floating creation.
and is SO still, so unlike any other
place.
We made delightful beginning by
Joining the floating audience of an illu-
minated gondola con ert- the dark
waters of the Grand Canal. the noiseiess.
gliding motion. the gay Chinese lam
terms on the boats around Us. now adj
vancing. now receding. and the perfect
~ harmonious music Of the geRdolier
company. All gondoliers cannot sing,
it seems. only certain com oany. though
they are Numerous. When We came
out from the table i hote, twenty five or
more rough gondoliers were singing in
the ves,ibule of the Hotel Daniell, some
times pathetic, then comic. then tender,
then martial solo. quarte.te and chorus.
But words cannot express all this, one
must 10 there We went over to San
Laxx&ro, tho convent-isle where Byron
loved to study His portrait meets you
on chi ing the parlor. and his chair
and tale are still in the study. These
American monks are intelligent looking
men. with piercing black eyes and long
black hair.
We spent We k in Venice. and
wanted to stay month. The black
sned palaces have lost their bauty and
some are degraded into stores and ho-
els but others still contain treasures ot
art aud antiquity. AID the palace of the
Doge j. very impressive. also. the
gloomy Bri,ige Of Sisbs. Cruelty and
spiendor went 80 hand-in- hand az Ven
ice. iha, its present de~,lstion seems al
most merted. Fran Venice we went
to Paris. where We stayed four months.
in French family. near :he Champs
Elysess From there we returned home
Oar voyage was stormy, with equi-
noctisl gales. aud oar City of Chester
broke twice. but all ended well and IN
dne time we found ourselves safe OF,
the shore ii our ns.ive land, NJ