Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton; Or, Men And Events, At Home And Abroad, During Three Quarters of a Century
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The lazzaroni along the quays are disgusting objects ; their rags and patches exceed any thing eke I have ever seen. The climate permits them to sleep out of doors. The army, including the National Guard, numbers thirty thousand, of which there are six thousand Swiss, and they are the only troops that can be relied upon. The navy consists of one sixty-four and one seventy-four gun ship ; the last is repairing. The public debt is equal to about sixty-four millions of dollars. The impost and some... other revenues are furnished by being sold at auction to the highest bid- der. I saw in Naples the lowest order of merchandise probably to be found in the world. Men and boys would pick up in the streets the ends of segars and other tobacco that had been thrown away — dry it, and then place it on the pave- 296 eemIniscences of james a. Hamilton. ment, at corners, or near public places, and offer it for sale ; and it is bought to be used ia pipes. The Lunatic Asylum is a royal establishment founded by Madame Murat.
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