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ere long a similar effect upon my constitution; for more
than half an hour I felt very squeamish and listless. At
lash however., post varies casus, post tot discrimina rerum,
we arrived safely at what is called the port of Capri before
it was dark, after a passage of about five hours.
The inn which we were directed to, and which appeared
to be the only one on the island, was a miserable hovel; yet
as it turned out no worse than I had imagined, and as I had
brought my provisions and cot with me, there was no disap-
pointment at least. The trip had had such a beneficial
effect on my friend’s stomach, that he forthwith began un-
packing the hamper; but what was his astonishment and
indignation when, on taking out the pie, the cover fell off
and exhibited the dish emptied of every thing but some
gravy left at the bottom. Our half dozen of pigeons had
taken wing again. This was a sad revenge which the af-
fronted sailors had taken. Don Michele grew furious, and
was on the point of returning to the beach to find out the
miscreants, when I represented to him the futility of such
an attempt, since, even if he met with the rogues, the pigeons
were surely eaten, and therefore irrecoverable. “ The gen-
tleman is perfectly in the right, nodded our landlord, a tall,
well-made, and good-humoured islander. “ You had better
put up with the first misfortune, than expose yourself to in-
sult from these good for nothing villains. The entertainment
which we shall endeavour to provide for you, will, I trust,
enable you to forget your loss.”
On enquiry, however, what fare he could procure, we un-
derstood, to our great mortification, that of butchers’ meat
there had not been an ounce in the island these three weeks;
fowl likewise remained a pious wish : but, by way of conso-
lation, he assured us, that had we but honoured him with
our custom a fortnight sooner, he would have boarded both
of
ere long a similar effect upon my constitution; for more
than half an hour I felt very squeamish and listless. At
lash however., post varies casus, post tot discrimina rerum,
we arrived safely at what is called the port of Capri before
it was dark, after a passage of about five hours.
The inn which we were directed to, and which appeared
to be the only one on the island, was a miserable hovel; yet
as it turned out no worse than I had imagined, and as I had
brought my provisions and cot with me, there was no disap-
pointment at least. The trip had had such a beneficial
effect on my friend’s stomach, that he forthwith began un-
packing the hamper; but what was his astonishment and
indignation when, on taking out the pie, the cover fell off
and exhibited the dish emptied of every thing but some
gravy left at the bottom. Our half dozen of pigeons had
taken wing again. This was a sad revenge which the af-
fronted sailors had taken. Don Michele grew furious, and
was on the point of returning to the beach to find out the
miscreants, when I represented to him the futility of such
an attempt, since, even if he met with the rogues, the pigeons
were surely eaten, and therefore irrecoverable. “ The gen-
tleman is perfectly in the right, nodded our landlord, a tall,
well-made, and good-humoured islander. “ You had better
put up with the first misfortune, than expose yourself to in-
sult from these good for nothing villains. The entertainment
which we shall endeavour to provide for you, will, I trust,
enable you to forget your loss.”
On enquiry, however, what fare he could procure, we un-
derstood, to our great mortification, that of butchers’ meat
there had not been an ounce in the island these three weeks;
fowl likewise remained a pious wish : but, by way of conso-
lation, he assured us, that had we but honoured him with
our custom a fortnight sooner, he would have boarded both
of