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* The Riviera
di Genoa,
towards the
Sea-coaft, is
an excellent
and delicious
Country : But
•when you ad-
vance with-
in Land, you.
meet with bar-
ren Mountains.
A New Voyage Vol. II.
It may be truly said of Genoa, That its * Hills
are without Wood ; but all the rest of the Proverb
is false, Men without Faith, Ladies without Shame,
and a Sea without Fisties. There are both Rogues
and honest Men every where, and we found by
Experience, that there are very good Fishes in the
Sea of Genoa. I took pleasure two or three times
to go in the Morning to see the Filh-market at
Naples,where I observ d several sorts of Fishes that
I had never seen in other Places. The Gulf of
Cajeta abounds with Sturgeon, some of which are
also found in the Tiber.
In all our Travels thro’ Italy we never saw ei-
ther a Hare or Partridge in the Fields; and I might
also add, that we saw as few in the Inns. ’Tis
very strange, in my Opinion, that these Animals
are not more plentiful, since the Country is not
wholly destitute of ’em. My Reasons are these:
In the first place, there are large Extents of
Ground in Italy, which are almost uninhabited,
and consequently ought to abound with Game,
proportionably to the like Places in the New
World. And, secondly, it might be reasonably
suppos’d, that the Game shou’d be more plentiful
here than in other Places, because the Lords of
those Grounds are never wont to reside on ’em,
and yet are no less jealous of their Rights than
the Gentlemen,of other Countries.
In England and France there are many Persons
of Quality who pass their time in the Country,;
but that is not the Cuitom in Italy, where all Per-
sons of Note live in the Cities, out of which
there are neither Cables nor great Houses to be
seen, which belong to private Persons; or at least
they are very rare, especially if we compare this
Country with France, for I am not sb well ac-
quainted with England.
To
* The Riviera
di Genoa,
towards the
Sea-coaft, is
an excellent
and delicious
Country : But
•when you ad-
vance with-
in Land, you.
meet with bar-
ren Mountains.
A New Voyage Vol. II.
It may be truly said of Genoa, That its * Hills
are without Wood ; but all the rest of the Proverb
is false, Men without Faith, Ladies without Shame,
and a Sea without Fisties. There are both Rogues
and honest Men every where, and we found by
Experience, that there are very good Fishes in the
Sea of Genoa. I took pleasure two or three times
to go in the Morning to see the Filh-market at
Naples,where I observ d several sorts of Fishes that
I had never seen in other Places. The Gulf of
Cajeta abounds with Sturgeon, some of which are
also found in the Tiber.
In all our Travels thro’ Italy we never saw ei-
ther a Hare or Partridge in the Fields; and I might
also add, that we saw as few in the Inns. ’Tis
very strange, in my Opinion, that these Animals
are not more plentiful, since the Country is not
wholly destitute of ’em. My Reasons are these:
In the first place, there are large Extents of
Ground in Italy, which are almost uninhabited,
and consequently ought to abound with Game,
proportionably to the like Places in the New
World. And, secondly, it might be reasonably
suppos’d, that the Game shou’d be more plentiful
here than in other Places, because the Lords of
those Grounds are never wont to reside on ’em,
and yet are no less jealous of their Rights than
the Gentlemen,of other Countries.
In England and France there are many Persons
of Quality who pass their time in the Country,;
but that is not the Cuitom in Italy, where all Per-
sons of Note live in the Cities, out of which
there are neither Cables nor great Houses to be
seen, which belong to private Persons; or at least
they are very rare, especially if we compare this
Country with France, for I am not sb well ac-
quainted with England.
To