incomparably. We are, thank God, very well, and I feel
particularly so when a letter from Salzburg arrives. I beg you
will write to me every post-day, even if you have nothing to
write about, for I should like to have a letter by every post. It
would not be a bad idea to write me a little letter in Italian."]



14.

Naples, June 5, 1770.

Vesuvius is smoking fiercely! Thunder and lightning and blazes!
Haid homa gfresa beim Herr Doll. Das is a deutscha Compositor,
und a browa Mo. [Footnote: "Today we dined with Herr Doll, he is
a good composer and a worthy man" [Vienna Patois]] Now I begin to
describe my course of life.--Alle 9 ore, qualche volta anche alle
dieci mi svelgio, e poi andiamo fuor di casa, e poi pranziamo da
un trattore, e dopo pranzo scriviamo, e poi sortiamo, e indi
ceniamo, ma che cosa? Al giorno di grasso, un mezzo pollo ovvero
un piccolo boccone d'arrosto; al giorno di magro un piccolo
pesce; e di poi andiamo a dormire. Est-ce que vous avez compris?
--Redma dafir Soisburgarisch, don as is gschaida. Wir sand Gottlob
gesund da Voda und i. [Footnote: "I rise generally every morning
at 9 o'clock, but sometimes not till 10, when we go out. We dine
at a restaurateur's, after dinner I write, and then we go out
again, and afterwards sup, but on what? on jours gras, half a
fowl, or a small slice of roast meat, on jours maigres a little
fish, and then we go to sleep. Do you understand? Let us talk
Salzburgisch, for that is more sensible. Thank God, my father and