The Peace Was With Difficulty Preserved By The
Interposition Of Miss C - , Who Suffered Incredibly From Cold And
Wet, Terror, Vexation, And Fatigue:
Yet happily no bad
consequence ensued.
The coach and baggage were brought safely
into Florence next morning, when all of us found ourselves well
refreshed, and in good spirits. I am afraid this is not the case
with you, who must by this time be quite jaded with this long
epistle, which shall therefore be closed without further ceremony
by, - Yours always.
LETTER XXXV
NICE, March 20, 1765.
DEAR SIR, - The season being far advanced, and the weather growing
boisterous, I made but a short stay at Florence, and set out for
Pisa, with full resolution to take the nearest road to Lerici,
where we proposed to hire a felucca for Genoa. I had a great
desire to see Leghorn and Lucca; but the dread of a winter's
voyage by sea in an open boat effectually restrained my
curiosity. To avoid the trouble of having our baggage shifted
every post, I hired two chaises to Pisa for a couple of zequines,
and there we arrived in safety about seven in the evening, though
not without fear of the consequence, as the calesses were quite
open, and it rained all the way. I must own I was so sick of the
wretched accommodation one meets with in every part of Italy,
except the great cities, so averse to the sea at this season, and
so fond of the city of Pisa, that I should certainly have stayed
here the winter, had not I been separated from my books and
papers, as well as from other conveniencies and connexions which
I had at Nice; and foreseen that the thoughts of performing the
same disagreeable voyage in the spring would imbitter my whole
winter's enjoyment.
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