shores of the Adriatic; spires and cypresses rising above the levels;
and the hazy mountains beyond Padua, diversifying the expanse, form
altogether a landscape which the elegant imagination of Horizonti
never exceeded. Beyond the villa, a tumble of hillocks present
themselves in a variety of forms, with dips and hollows between,
scattered over with leafy trees and vines dangling in continued
garlands.

I gazed on this rural view till it faded in the dusk; then returning
to Bassano, repaired to an illuminated hall, and had the felicity of
hearing La Signora Roberti sing the very air which had excited such
transport at Padua. As soon as she had ended, and that I could hear
no more those affecting sounds, which had held me silent and almost
breathless for several moments, a band of various instruments
stationed in the open street began a lively symphony, which would
have delighted me at any other time; but now, I wished them a
thousand leagues away, so melancholy an impression did the air I had
been listening to leave on my mind.

At midnight I took leave of my obliging hosts, who were just setting
out for Padua. They gave me a thousand kind invitations, and I hope
some future day to accept them.

August 2nd.--Our route to Venice lay winding about the variegated
plains I had surveyed from Mosolente; and after dining at Treviso we
came in two hours and a half to Mestre, between grand villas and
gardens peopled with statues. Embarking our baggage at the last-
mentioned place, we stepped into a gondola, whose even motion was
very agreeable after the jolts of a chaise. Stretched beneath the
awning, I enjoyed at my ease the freshness of the gales, and the