COMPRISING

THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR

THROUGH

IRELAND, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, ITALY,

AND SWITZERLAND,

IN THE YEARS 1825, 26, AND '27.

NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY G. & C. & H. CARVILL, 108 BROADWAY.

1829.
५.S.

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, ss. Be it remembered, that on the 11th day of October, A. D. 1827, in the fifty-second 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 Nevo-York,

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

Page.

LETTER XLV.-Route to Toulon-Sketch of the Town and

Harbour-Navy Yard--Arsenal-Botanic Garden.

9

LETTER XLVI.-Route to Nice-Le Luc--Draguignan-Fre-

I jus-Cannes--Antibes-Arrival at Nice-Sketch of the Town. 19

LETTER XLVII.-Route from Nice to Genoa-Monaco

Mentone-Ventimiglia-San Remo-Albenga-Finale-Savone-

Arrival at Genoa.

29

1

LETTER XLVIII.-Sketch of Genoa-Principal Streets-As.

pect of the Town--Harbour—Moles and defences--Royal Navy-

Arrival of the King--Palaces Paintings.

43

LETTER XLIX.-Genoa continued—University–Hospitals-

B Churches—Cathedral St. Maria-Annunziata --Ceremonies of

Holy Week- Public Amusements—Manufactures-Albaro-Birth-

Place of Columbus.

55

LETTER L.-Route from Genoa to Pisa-Italian Coaches-

5. Chiavari-Sestri—Mountain Scenery-Borghetto-Gulf of Spezia

-Sarzana- Massa-Lucca-Ride to Pisa.

66

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 Excursion to Leghorn-Sketch of the Town

and Harbour.

79

LETTER LII.-Vale of the Arno--Arrival at Florence-Sketch

of the City-External Appearance-Bridges—Cathedral-Baptist-

ry-Campanile,

92

LETTER LIII.-Florence continued-Churches--Santa Croce

-St. Lorenzo_Tombs of the Medici-Laurentian Library-Mu-

seum-Botanic Garden Pitti Palace-Boboli Garden--Cascine. 105

LETTER LIV.-Florence continued-Gallery-Sketch of Fie.

sole-Excursion to Vallombrosa.

119

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 Fountain of the Clitumnus-Spoleto-

Terni.

133

LETTER LVI.--Route to Rome-Vale of the Nar-Passage

through the Mountains-Narni—Otricoli--Civita Castellana,

Mount Soracte--Baccano-Campagna di Roma-Milvian Bridge--

Porta del Popolo- Arrival at Rome.

149

LETTER LVII.-Sketch of Rome–View from the Capitoline

Hill-Outlines of the City and Environs-Aspect of the Seven

Hills-Ruins of the Forum-Triumphal Arches--Ancient Temples

-Coliseum,

155

LETTER LVIII.-Rome continued Forum of Trajan-Pan-

theon-Tomb of Raphael-Campus Martius–Mausoleum of Au-

gustus-Banks of the Tiber--Bridges—Castle of St. Angelo—Isl-

and of Æsculapius-Cloaca Maxima-Temple of Vesta--Port at

Ripa Grande.

169

LETTER LIX.-Rome continued-Capitoline Hill—Tarpeian

Rock--Mamertine Prison-Temple of Jupiter Feretrius-Church

of Araceli-Statue of Aurelius-Senator's House-Museum. 178

LETTER LX.-Rome continued ---Ride round the Walls

Tomb of the Scipios–Baths of Caracalla–Tomb of Cecilia Me-

tella-Circus of Caracalla-Catacombs ---Fountain of Egeria-

Baths of Titus-Gardens of Sallust-Excursion to TivoliVilla of

Adrian.

188