The
Rampart Is The Common Road For Carriages Of All Kinds.
I think
there are two private coaches in Nice, besides that of the
commandant:
But there are sedan chairs, which may be had at a
reasonable rate. When I bathed in the summer, I paid thirty sols,
equal to eighteen-pence, for being carried to and from the
bathing place, which was a mile from my own house.
Now I am speaking of bathing, it may not be amiss to inform you
that though there is a fine open beach, extending several miles
to the westward of Nice, those who cannot swim ought to bathe
with great precaution, as the sea is very deep, and the descent
very abrupt from within a yard or two of the water's edge. The
people here were much surprised when I began to bathe in the
beginning of May. They thought it very strange, that a man
seemingly consumptive should plunge into the sea, especially when
the weather was so cold; and some of the doctors prognosticated
immediate death. But, when it was perceived that I grew better in
consequence of the bath, some of the Swiss officers tried the
same experiment, and in a few days, our example was followed by
several inhabitants of Nice. There is, however, no convenience
for this operation, from the benefit of which the fair sex must
be intirely excluded, unless they lay aside all regard to
decorum; for the shore is always lined with fishing-boats, and
crouded with people.
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