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35v (SM volume 39)

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35v (SM volume 39)

Notes

(pencil, pen) Sat. Feb. 20th Within half a mile of the / Apolla, the Stratum of the Apennines began / to discover itself, of to be of the Iron Stone / while the Mountain itself was continued / to be of lime stone & of rotten lime Stone / the road was repaired with the Iron Stone - / Here we discern'd that mountain which had / fell & obstructed the River Nero & / forced it to pass near the Capuchins / Convent - / From San Lorenzo to the Osteria near / the Apolla is 12 Miles, 3 hours coming & / going the same - here the toll is paid for Horses / mules, Oxen, Asses and - per ogni meretrice un Tari (for every whore one Tari - an old Sicilian coin) / 2 Carlines

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Drawing

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