The new sailing directory for the Strait of Gibralter and the western division of the Mediterranean Sea; comprehending the coasts of Spain, France, ... the Balearic Isles, Corsica, Sardinia, - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 edition. Excerpt: ...and water may be obtained in the old mole, sufficient for any number of ships. You fill the casks in the boats with a hose. Fresh beef, remarkably good, vegetables, and refreshments of all kinds, may be had, at a reasonable price. The manufactures of Genoa consist of damasks, silks, velvet, and plush, and some trade is carried on in oil, wines, and corn. DESCRIPTION.--We here annex some lively passages, descriptive of Genoa, selected from "Letters from Abroad," attributed to Mr. Leigh Hunt, 1822.. "genoa is truly ' Genoa the Superb.' Its finest aspect is from the sea, and from the sea sea I first beheld it. Imagine a glorious amphitheatre of white houses, with mountains on each side, and at the back. The base is composed of the city, with its churches and shipping; the Other houses are country seats, looking out, one above the other, up the hill. To the left are the Alps, with their snowy tops: to the right, and for the back, are the Apennines. This is Genoa. It is situate at the very angle of the pointed gulf, which is called after its name, and which presents, on either side, as you sail up it, white villages, country-seats, and olive-groves. "It was at two o'clock, on the 15th of June, that our vessel entered the harbour. Our arrival did not diminish our idea of Genoa: but our notions of the Italian countenance were formidably startled by the pilot-boat, which came out to offer its assistance in conducting us by the mole. The mole had been greatly injured by the storms of the preceding winter. The boat contained, I think, as ugly a set of faces as could well be brought together. It was a very neat boat, and the pilots were singularly neat and clean in their persons; but their faces!--"We had scarcely got rid of our...