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is best not to say what he could have done--it was too terrible for publication in these pages. A BOAT AT ORTA. A MOUNTAIN WALK. Robinson, with warmth, and some distance behind,-- "What is the use of going on at that rate?" Poor Jones! Who would have thought he could ever be tired! Pleasant. The accident that befell Robinson. --No. 1. The accident that befell Robinson. --No. 2. [ORTA.] ROBINSON RETIRES FOR THE NIGHT. To prevent anxiety, we had better state that he is tired--nothing else. "Now do, Robinson, jump up like a good fellow; we ought to be starting now--and think how pleasant it will be, once you are up!" [VARALLO.] THE INN. How Brown, returning from sketching, was beset by beggars in a lonely place. [MILAN.] They pay a visit to the marionette theatre. A snob they saw writing his name upon roof of Milan cathedral. ENLIGHTENED BEHAVIOUR IN A FOREIGN CHURCH. We are happy to say, that B. J. and R. had no connection with the above party. Robinson's determination to let his beard grow "naturally," had an absurd result, the hair growing in violent and abrupt crops in some places, and not at all in others; so that Jones, who was sensitive about appearances, (and whose own moustache was doing beautifully,) insisted at last upon R.'s being shaved, which event accordingly took place in the city of Milan. It was well that Robinson consented, for the barber eyed him eagerly, and as if he would spring upon him and shave him by force. CAFE MILAN.--SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL OF DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNERS. The moment we seated ourselves in a cafe, an awful group of beggars stood before us--so suddenly that they appeared to have come up through a trap-door--and demanded alms. They would not go without money, and when they got it they took it as a right. It would not do for one of us to "settle" with them for the whole party, for no sooner had I given them a coin than they turned to Jones, and when done with him, coolly set upon Robinson. The instant one tribe departed, a fresh relais arrived, so that there was a constant supply (of beggars) and demand (on our purses). No place seemed safe: in the most magnificent and luxuriously-decorated cafes they had perfect right of way, the contrast between the rich gilding, glass, fountains, etc., of the one, and the rags, dirt, and dramatically got-up horrors of the other being picture
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