. Tales from Maria Edgeworth; . >% tfheQffife(Merchants CHAPTER I Chi di gallina nasce, convien che the old cock crows, so crows the young. who have visited Italy give us an agreeablepicture of the cheerful industry of thechildren of all ages in the celebrated city ofNaples. Their manner of living and theirnumerous employments are exactly describedin the following Extract from a The very children are busied in various ways. A greatnumber of them bring fish for sale to town from SantaLucia ; others are very often seen about the arsenals, orwherever carpenters a
. Tales from Maria Edgeworth; . >% tfheQffife(Merchants CHAPTER I Chi di gallina nasce, convien che the old cock crows, so crows the young. who have visited Italy give us an agreeablepicture of the cheerful industry of thechildren of all ages in the celebrated city ofNaples. Their manner of living and theirnumerous employments are exactly describedin the following Extract from a The very children are busied in various ways. A greatnumber of them bring fish for sale to town from SantaLucia ; others are very often seen about the arsenals, orwherever carpenters are at work, employed in gathering upthe chips and pieces of wood, or by the sea-side, pickingup sticks, and whatever else is drifted ashore; which, when 1 Varieties of Literature, vol. i. p. °9. The Little Merchants their basket is full, they carry away. Children of two orthree years old, who can scarcely crawl along upon theground, in company with boys of five or six, are employedin this petty trade. From hence they proceed with theirbaskets into the heart of the city, where in several placesthey form a sort of little market, sitting round with theirstock of wood before them. Labourers, and the lowerorders of citizens, buy it of them, to burn in the tripods forwarming themselves, or to use in their scanty kitchen. Other children carry about for sale the water of thesulphureous well ; which, particularly in the spring season,is drunk in great abundance. Others again endeavour toturn a few pence, by buying a small matter of fruit, ofpressed honey, cakes, and comfits, and then, like littlepedlars, offer and sell them to other children ; always forno more profit than that they may have their share of themfree of expense. It is really curious to see how such anurchin, whose whole
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