_On the Appian Way_
We are with a guide, voluble after the fashion of guides all the world
over, and capable of speaking many languages execrably. His English,
no doubt, is typical of the rest. "Datt-e building dere," he says, "is
de Barze of Caracalla."
"The _what?_" says my companion.
"De Barze of Caracalla--vere de ancient Romans bayze demselfs in de
water--same as ve go to Casino, zey take a barze, morning, afternoon,
ven zey like."
"It must have been a large building," I venture, ineptly.
"In dem dere barze," he retorts, impressively, "sixteen honderd
peoples all could chomp in de water same time!"
"Jolly good splash they must have made," says A.