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CLASSICAL TOUR
ChA.
the seats are capable of containing’ 22,000 spec-
tators. ,
At each end of the amphitheatre is a great
gate, and over each a modern balustrade with
an inscription, informing the traveller, that two
exhibitions of a very different nature took place
in it some years ago. The one was a bull-bait-
ing exhibited in honor of the Emperor Joseph
then at Verona, by the governor and the people.
The seats were crowded, as may be imagined,
on this occasion; and a Roman Emperor was
once more hailed in a Roman amphitheatre with
the titles of Cesar and Augustus, by spectators
who pretend and almost deserve to be Romans.
The other exhibition, though of a very different
nature, was perhaps equally interesting: the late
Pope in his German excursion passed through
Verona, and was requested by the magistrates
to give the people a public opportunity of testi-
fying their veneration. He accordingly appeared
in the amphitheatre selected on account of its
capacity as the properest place, and when the
shouts of acclaim had subsided, poured forth his
benediction on the prostrate multitude collected
from all the neighboring' provinces to receive it.
The thoughtful spectator might have amused
himself with the singular contrast, which this
CLASSICAL TOUR
ChA.
the seats are capable of containing’ 22,000 spec-
tators. ,
At each end of the amphitheatre is a great
gate, and over each a modern balustrade with
an inscription, informing the traveller, that two
exhibitions of a very different nature took place
in it some years ago. The one was a bull-bait-
ing exhibited in honor of the Emperor Joseph
then at Verona, by the governor and the people.
The seats were crowded, as may be imagined,
on this occasion; and a Roman Emperor was
once more hailed in a Roman amphitheatre with
the titles of Cesar and Augustus, by spectators
who pretend and almost deserve to be Romans.
The other exhibition, though of a very different
nature, was perhaps equally interesting: the late
Pope in his German excursion passed through
Verona, and was requested by the magistrates
to give the people a public opportunity of testi-
fying their veneration. He accordingly appeared
in the amphitheatre selected on account of its
capacity as the properest place, and when the
shouts of acclaim had subsided, poured forth his
benediction on the prostrate multitude collected
from all the neighboring' provinces to receive it.
The thoughtful spectator might have amused
himself with the singular contrast, which this