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46 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE.
nerally proceed by night, and repose during
the sultry hours of the day. By this
method, without doubt, they guard suffi-
ciently against the inconveniencies and
dangers of the weather, but at the same
time they sacrifice one of the principal
objects, the scenery of the country; and
this sacrifice in Italy can, in my opinion,
be compensated by no advantages. The
best method, therefore, is to set out a full
hour before sun-rise, to stop at ten, and re-
pose till five, then travel as day light will
permit: by this arrangement of time the
traveller will enjoy the prospect of the
country, the freshness of the morning, and
the coolness of the evening, and devote to
rest those hours only which heat renders
unfit for any purpose of excursion or of en-
joyment.
nerally proceed by night, and repose during
the sultry hours of the day. By this
method, without doubt, they guard suffi-
ciently against the inconveniencies and
dangers of the weather, but at the same
time they sacrifice one of the principal
objects, the scenery of the country; and
this sacrifice in Italy can, in my opinion,
be compensated by no advantages. The
best method, therefore, is to set out a full
hour before sun-rise, to stop at ten, and re-
pose till five, then travel as day light will
permit: by this arrangement of time the
traveller will enjoy the prospect of the
country, the freshness of the morning, and
the coolness of the evening, and devote to
rest those hours only which heat renders
unfit for any purpose of excursion or of en-
joyment.