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Roma

14 Giugno ¹

My dear Henry

Here we are once more at imperial Rome, which I pronounce better calculated for a winter residence & less for a summer than Naples, for in hot weather one misses the clear waters of that delightful Bay & the reflexions in the dark waters under the rocks by Rocca Romana which look so refreshing all along that coast. I find the air heavy after Albano, where we staid some days & where it certainly is particularly elastic. We have just been to the top of this Temple of Peace, from which there a <sic> delightful view. They say the Mal <illegible> is already begun, owing to the unseasonable rains which took place last week, & whic<h> ² are it seems always unwholsome <sic> here if they occur between May & September. We have written to take the house at Varese but shall not know if we have it till we get to Bologna. We find Maria ³ able to travel which at least is one piece of luck & saves us much inconvenience. Caroline ⁴ is charmed with her pressoir ⁵ – we saw beautiful wild flowers above Pæstum. I envy M^r M. ⁶ for having got to Amalfi which we did not accomplish, the weather was so stormy. He was very near swamped. His Cicerone did nothing but cross himself & turn his eyes up to Heaven. I am glad you saw Anjoij. ⁷ Both Genoa & Lucca Baths seem to be in higher favour with you than last year.

Y^rs affly

Mon^sr
Monsieur W. H. F. Talbot

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