The country of The ring and the book . 43.—VITIANO, WHENCE CAME THE FOUR 44. —A TYPICAL WAYSIDE COTTAGE ON THE ROUTEOF POMPILIAS FLIGHT. The Neighbourhood of the Via Vittoria Except for the artistic omission of the open drain,Vasis print well bears out this description. That cheerful and most facetious traveller, M. deBrosses, visited Rome in 1739 or 1740 and lodged inthe Piazza di Spagna. He states that even at thattime only one-third of the city of Rome was really in-habited, viz. the quarter between the Tiber, the Montedella Trinita, the Monte Cavallo and the Capitol. Allthe rest,
The country of The ring and the book . 43.—VITIANO, WHENCE CAME THE FOUR 44. —A TYPICAL WAYSIDE COTTAGE ON THE ROUTEOF POMPILIAS FLIGHT. The Neighbourhood of the Via Vittoria Except for the artistic omission of the open drain,Vasis print well bears out this description. That cheerful and most facetious traveller, M. deBrosses, visited Rome in 1739 or 1740 and lodged inthe Piazza di Spagna. He states that even at thattime only one-third of the city of Rome was really in-habited, viz. the quarter between the Tiber, the Montedella Trinita, the Monte Cavallo and the Capitol. Allthe rest, he says, ((consists of gardens, fields, hugebuildings, ruins, and a few sparsely populated streetshere and there.* There were no quays along theriver sides, while the Villa Borghese is described as inthe country. He estimates the population of Rome at50,000. It is now 500,000. The Earl of Perth, who was resident in Rome justtwo years before Guidos execution, was also muchimpressed with the poverty of the city. He lived onthe Pincio, and had close acquaintance with thatvery P
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