Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-02

we reached the islands of Naples.
Ischia, Capri and others to the left
and a little later we saw the Blue
Grata and Vesuvius 70 the right.
Slowly we entered into the harbor of
Naples.
In the harbor the great attraction
was the divers, boys of from Is to 30
years, who we're rowing about our
boat in small skiffs requesting the
passengers to throw nickles and dimes
into the water. They followed the sink
ing coins with such skill as stirred
the admiration of every passenger.
The people about the docks gave us a
very pool impression of the city.
They were people neglected and badly
dressed, ragged and debased. A
certain fear and suspicion was arous-
ed in US for the scenery about the
docks seemed to verify the horrid
stories that were told on board of
ship about the Neapolitan people.
Everybody had locked up his watch
and other jewelry for we were told
that if the natives could get a hold of
it they would snatch it away from us.
1t has been very dangerous travelling
in Naples in years gone by, but the
king gave heed to the complaints of
tourists and has stationed strong corps
of police there which aft rds great
protection and safety. 1t was an
overpowering moment when we ex-
tended our farewells and greetings
to our friends. We had enjoyed
each other and grown to be warm
friends we had lived together in one
house for nearly two weeks; we
we're like a little city in ourselves
and now we were to disperse, to
separate, perhaps never to meet again.
The band was playing and we were
slowly ushered upon European soil,
some of us for the first time. but every
one was impressed by ths fact of
standing upon another continent.
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and in the hands of our Italian
friends, whose speech we could not
understand, whose actions and
manners where SO strange. They
ushered us into the custom house and
the officers there showed more respect
and courtesy tc us than those of our
own country. 1 had no dutiable
objects with me therefore I and my
friend were released in q few
minutes and we went in search for
our hotel. We had selected a place,
a pension, near the National park
aud not very far from the sea shore,
when we had a perfect view of the
city. the harbor and Mount Vesuvius.
The proprietor of the hotel speaks
English and a good many Americans
take flight to this place. The ex-
penses are very reasonable, good board
and lodging Sit per day, when
staying three days, 81. 90 when stay
ing longer than a week. Naples is a
city of a little more than half a
million in population. 1t lies out
stretched along its harbor. Its
| geographical situation is somewhat
like that of Dubuque, Iowa. The
east side along the water is fiat and
constitutes the main part of the city
the west side is very billy and resi-
dences are scattered over the hills and
through the valleys. The crown of
the hills is toe castle Of st. Elmo,
formerly a monastery, now a museum.
This museum contains some of the
most beautiful paintings in the world
and the royal carriage of Emperor
Karl the Great, of the 9th century, is
preserved here. From this castle one
has a complete panoramic view of the
whole city of Naples and it is 9
wonderful thing that there the whole
noise of the city concentrates into
one solemn numbering.
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