[7] "_Marin Falieri, dalla bella moglie, altri la gode, ed egli
la mantiene_."

[8] This officer was chief of the artisans of the Arsenal, and
commanded the Bucentaur--for the safety of which, even if an
accidental storm should arise, he was responsible with his
life. He mounted guard at the Ducal Palace during an
interregnum, and bore the red standard before the new doge on
his inauguration; for which service his perquisites were the
Ducal Mantle, and the two silver basins from which the doge
scattered the regulated pittance which he was permitted to
throw among the people.--_Amelot de la Houssaye_, 79.

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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.

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CAMBRIAN SUPERSTITIONS.

We noticed the preparation of this work at p. 315 of our last volume,
and there gave a few anticipatory extracts. The author is Mr. W.
Howells, of Tipton, whose good fortune it has been to secure a list of
Subscribers to his work, of gratifying length and flattering rank. The
origin of the volume is curious enough, and is thus explained in the