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4 A TOUR THROUGH
many objects worthy of your attention,
not mentioned in any of our books of
travels; I ssatter myself that a short ac-
count of these will not be unacceptable to
you; and may in some degree make up
for your having neglected to yisit them.
You may therefore expect to hear of me,
from every town where we slop; and when
I meet with any thing deserving of notice,
I mall attempt to describe it in as few
words as possible. We have been waiting
with impatience for a fair wind, but at
present there is little prospect of it. The
weather is exceedingly rough, and not a
ship has been able to get out of the harbour
for upwards of three weeks past. This
climate is by no means what we expected
to find it; and the serene Iky of Italy, so
much boasted of by our travelled gentle-
men, does not altogether deserve the great
clogiums bestowed upon it. It is now the
middle of May, and we have not as yet
had any continuance of what may be called
fine
many objects worthy of your attention,
not mentioned in any of our books of
travels; I ssatter myself that a short ac-
count of these will not be unacceptable to
you; and may in some degree make up
for your having neglected to yisit them.
You may therefore expect to hear of me,
from every town where we slop; and when
I meet with any thing deserving of notice,
I mall attempt to describe it in as few
words as possible. We have been waiting
with impatience for a fair wind, but at
present there is little prospect of it. The
weather is exceedingly rough, and not a
ship has been able to get out of the harbour
for upwards of three weeks past. This
climate is by no means what we expected
to find it; and the serene Iky of Italy, so
much boasted of by our travelled gentle-
men, does not altogether deserve the great
clogiums bestowed upon it. It is now the
middle of May, and we have not as yet
had any continuance of what may be called
fine