Rocks,
Which raise their crested heads into the clouds,
Piled in sublimity, create a scene
More grand, more soothing to the pensive soul
Than Rome with all its splendour.
Almost at all hours of the day the service of steady and experienced
watermen may be engaged at the Harbour. The little pinnace, with its
white sail, will soon be ready to convey you on your cruise. I scarcely
need remark, that in order to enjoy the trip, the atmosphere must be
clear and the weather calm. The Tourists having taken their seats in
their snug boat, will no sooner have given the well-known signal, “all
right,” than the stout seamen will take to their oars, with long and
strong pulls, and in a few minutes they will find themselves smoothly
gliding on the crystal flood, across the beautiful and spacious Bay; and
should the boatmen be in merry mood, they may enliven the scene by
singing