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[[Venice]]

Not a less surprizing Novelty to us was
it, when we entered the Town, to see the
fronts of the Houses build on ye [the] waters edge
in w'ch [which] ^ cover the under ~~Steps~~ by w'ch [which] you y enter ye [the]
Houses - Streets of nothing but water
Seem'd very extraordinary as did also
the Number of Gondolas & people in
them passing & repassing - Little Boys not appearing above 3 yrs [years] of age wh are taught by th'r [their] Parents to
Swim - The Streets in general are very
Narrow & the Bridges thrown over them
are very numerous - [[Nugent]] says abt [about]
three hundred - they are all single arched
with steps to cross over -

Besides the Streets filled ~~with~~ by the
Sea in every part of the Town, there are
others very narrow ones for foot passengers
w'ch [which] have the appearance of being back of the
Houses, or within the larger Plots of ground
~~out by~~ surrounded on all sides by the
water - Even the great Canal w'ch [which] forms
the widest Street of all has a Bridge thrown
over it composed only of one Arch; This
is ye [the] great Realto; It has 12 Shops built ov'r [over] it, &

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lrile almost 5 years ago

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Refers to "Nugent." Full name?

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