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334 Bolonia, Modena,
of Modena, Parma, and Savoy with
more haste than I would have done at
another time. The Soil of AZo^w^and
Parma is very rich and well cultivated.
The Palaces of the Princes are magni-
ficent, but neither of them is yet fini-
shed. We procured a Licence of the
Duke of Parma to enter the Theater
and Gallery, which deserve to be seen
as well as any thing of that Nature in
Italy. The Theater is, I think, the
moil: spacious of any I ever saw, and at
the same time so admirably well contri-
ved, that from the very depth of the
Stage the lowest Sound may be heard
diftinCtly to the farthest part of the Au-
dience, as in a Whispering Place; and
yet if you raise your Voice as high as
you please, there is nothing like an E-
cho to cause in it the least Confufiom
The Gallery is hung with a numerous
Colleftion of Pictures, all done by ce-
lebrated Hands. On one Side of the
Gallery is a large Room adorned with
Inlaid Tables, Cabinets, Works in Am-
ber, and other Pieces of great Art and
Value. Out of this we were led into
another great Room, furnished with
old Inscriptions, Idols, Bufts, Medals,
and the like Antiquities. I could have
ipent a Day with great Satisfaction in
this
of Modena, Parma, and Savoy with
more haste than I would have done at
another time. The Soil of AZo^w^and
Parma is very rich and well cultivated.
The Palaces of the Princes are magni-
ficent, but neither of them is yet fini-
shed. We procured a Licence of the
Duke of Parma to enter the Theater
and Gallery, which deserve to be seen
as well as any thing of that Nature in
Italy. The Theater is, I think, the
moil: spacious of any I ever saw, and at
the same time so admirably well contri-
ved, that from the very depth of the
Stage the lowest Sound may be heard
diftinCtly to the farthest part of the Au-
dience, as in a Whispering Place; and
yet if you raise your Voice as high as
you please, there is nothing like an E-
cho to cause in it the least Confufiom
The Gallery is hung with a numerous
Colleftion of Pictures, all done by ce-
lebrated Hands. On one Side of the
Gallery is a large Room adorned with
Inlaid Tables, Cabinets, Works in Am-
ber, and other Pieces of great Art and
Value. Out of this we were led into
another great Room, furnished with
old Inscriptions, Idols, Bufts, Medals,
and the like Antiquities. I could have
ipent a Day with great Satisfaction in
this