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COMPRISING

THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR

THROUGH

IRELAND, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, AND

SWITZERLAND,

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IN THE YEARS 1825, 26, AND ‘27.

BY N. H. CARTER.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY G. & C. CARVILL, 102 BROADWAY.

1327.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, ss.

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the 11th day of October, A. D. 1827, in the fiftysecond year of the Independence of the United States of America, Nathaniel H. Carter, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author in the words following, to wit:

"Letters from Europe, comprising the Journal of a Tour through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland, in the years 1825, '26, and '27. By N. H. Carter."

In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned;" and also, to an Act, entitled, " An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

FRED. I. BETTS, Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

LETTER XLV.-Route to Toulon-Sketch of the Town and Harbour
-Navy Yard-Arsenal-Botanic Garden.

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LETTER XLVI.-Route to Nice-Le Luc-Draguignan-Frejus-Can-
nes-Antibes-Arrival at Nice-Sketch of the Town.

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LETTER XLVII.-Route from Nice to Genoa-Monaco-Mentone-
Ventimiglia-San Remo-Albenga-Finale-Savone-Arrival at Genoa.
LETTER XLVIII-Sketch of Genoa-Principal Streets-Aspect of the
Town-Harbour-Moles and Defences-Royal Navy-Arrival of the King
-Palaces-Paintings.

LETTER XLIX.-Genoa continued-University-Hospitals-Churches
-Cathedral-St. Mathew's-St. Stephen's-St. Maria-Annunziata-Cere-
monies of Holy Week-King's Birth-Day-Public Amusements-Manufac
tures-Albaro-Birth-Place of Columbus.

LETTER L.-Route from Genoa to Pisa-Italian Coaches-Chiavari-
Sestri-Mountain Scenery-Borghetto-Gulf of Spezia-Sarzana-Massa—
Pietra Santa-Lucca-Ride to Pisa.

LETTER LI.-Sketch of Pisa-Banks of the Arno-Bridges-Leaning
Tower-Ancient Port-Cathedral-Baptistry-Campo Santo-Churches-
Santa Maria Della Spina-Botanic Garden-University-Theatre-Excur-
sion to Leghorn-Sketch of the Town and Harbour.

LETTER LII.-Vale of the Arno-Arrival at Florence-Sketch of the
City-External Appearance-Bridges-Cathedral-Baptistry-Campanile.
LETTER LIII.—Florence continued-Churches-Santa Croce-St. Lo-
renzo-Tombs of the Medici-Laurentian Library-Santa Maria Novella-
Annunziata-Museum-Botanic Garden-Pitti Palace-Boboli Garden-

Cascine.

LETTER LIV.-Florence continued-Gallery-Sketch of Fiesole—Ex-

cursion to Vallombrosa.

LETTER LV.-Departure for Rome-Incisa-Arezzo-Birth-Place of
Petrarch-Vale of Chiana-Lake Thrasymenus-Scene of the Battle between
Flaminius and Hannibal-Perugia-First View of the Tiber-Vale and Foun-
tain of the Clitumnus-Spoleto-Terni.

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