I Have Conversed With
Several Intelligent Persons On The Subject; And Have Reason To
Believe, That A Delinquent Of This Sort Is Considered As A Luke-Warm
Catholic, Little Better Than A Heretic; And Of All Crimes
They Look Upon Heresy As The Most Damnable.
Noli is a small republic of fishermen subject to Genoa; but very
tenacious of their privileges.
The town stands on the beach,
tolerably well built, defended by a castle situated on a rock
above it; and the harbour is of little consequence. The auberge
was such as made us regret even the inn we had left at St. Remo.
After a very odd kind of supper, which I cannot pretend to
describe, we retired to our repose: but I had not been in bed
five minutes, when I felt something crawling on different parts
of my body, and taking a light to examine, perceived above a
dozen large bugs. You must know I have the same kind of antipathy
to these vermin, that some persons have to a cat or breast of
veal. I started up immediately, and wrapping myself in a great
coat, sick as I was, laid down in the outer room upon a chest,
where I continued till morning.
One would imagine that in a mountainous country like this, there
should be plenty of goats; and indeed, we saw many flocks of them
feeding among the rocks, yet we could not procure half a pint of
milk for our tea, if we had given the weight of it in gold.
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