Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . er part a broad and handsome quay. Scenes ofNeapolitan life may be witnessed here inperfection. The huts of the fishermenwhich once decorated the strand havegiven way to w^harves and bridges, andhandsome palaces form a background tothe view from the Avater. But the peoplestill claim a right to make this their loun-ging-place, the focus of the scene being asmall promontory which is reached by aflight of steps, and where an elaboratefountain plays. Here, too, are the fishand oyster stalls, where passers-by maymake a meal off the
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . er part a broad and handsome quay. Scenes ofNeapolitan life may be witnessed here inperfection. The huts of the fishermenwhich once decorated the strand havegiven way to w^harves and bridges, andhandsome palaces form a background tothe view from the Avater. But the peoplestill claim a right to make this their loun-ging-place, the focus of the scene being asmall promontory which is reached by aflight of steps, and where an elaboratefountain plays. Here, too, are the fishand oyster stalls, where passers-by maymake a meal off the luxuries so express-ively styled by the Neapolitans/ru^^j delmare. The number of these aristocraticoyster men—for the majority traverse thecity to sell their wares, carrying them insmall baskets—is very limited, as the busi-ness and good-will can only be transmit-ted from father to son, or by extraordinarymerit when the position is vacant. Thestands are painted green, yellow, or black,and surmounted by sign-boards, on which 762 HARPER^S NEW MONTHLY SANTA LUCIA AND CASTEL DEL OVO. the names of the owners are inscribed inlarge letters, and followed by such impos-ing- words as Ostricaro d Europa, Os-tricaro fisico, etc. The lower class Neapolitans live posi-tively in the street. They occupy thethoroughfares with more than the deter-mination shown by the upper classes inkeeping out of them. In Naples it is notso much the quarter in which one lives—though certain parts of the town are al-ways avoided by decent i)eople—as theheight at which one lives. The third andfourth stories of a building, for instance,will be occupied by families of consider-able means, while in the rooms openingupon the street two or three poor familieswill be huddled. One room is, indeed,abundant sx^ace for the accommodation ofa poor Neapolitan family, and sometimesthey even take several boarders within itslimits. This, so to speak, renders neces-sary the appropriation of a portion of theth
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