'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎404] (457/562)

.F lorence.
January 26*
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which the latter was defeated, and killed * ; but we paflfed by withftut goino-
into it, having changed our horfes and poftilions at an inn without the
gates: we proceeded on for Praia, another walled city. The people of
the country through which we travelled to-day look gay, and there appears
a certain air of chearfulnefs and content in all their countenances. The
women are handfome, and at the fame time induftrious: we faw none of
them but were bufily employed, either in the work of the fields, or fpin-
ning and knitting in their houfes.. We arrived at Florence about half paft
feven in the evening.
We made it our firft bufinefs this morning to wait upon Sir Horace Man
the Britijh envoy, who received us very politely. We afterwards vifited the
great duke's palace of Pitti. It confifts of a body, and two wings, built of
Hone, with Tufcan pillars and ruftic work. The wings contain chiefly bed
chambers, but the rooms in the center are filled with a variety of paintings,.
&«. done by the moft celebrated matters.
I lhall only mention thofe that ftruck me moft fenfibly.
Antiochus and Stratonice, by Pieiro de Cartona. f
Four large pi<5lures, reprefenting death, purgatory, judgment, heaven
and hell, by the Chevalier Nafcini of Sienna,
A Judith, with Holifernes*s head in her handi.
The Saviour of the world, by Marroche,
A Mars going to war, by Rubens.
The three Deftinies, holding, fpinning, and cutting the thread of life,,
by Michael Angela.
A Cleopatra in Affliflion, by Guide.
Our Saviour at fupper with his twelve Apoftles, by Bonifacio,.
A Virgin Mary with a little Jefus, by Titian.
Another fine picture of a Madona, and the infant J ejus in her arms, at 4
tended by two angels, who are reading a fcroll.
The rape of the Sylvan nymphs by Satyrs ; by Rubens,
Two pictures by Salvator Rofa. One of them reprefents a Sea-port-"
crowded with fhips and gallies. The other is alio on a marine fubjeft.
A portrait of Cardinal Bentivoglio, by Vandyke.
A fine pidlure of St. Francis. He is reprelented to be in a dark room,
with a ray of light ftriking upon his hands and face. This circumftance-
has a wonderful effedt.
* Reliquos Catilina per montes afperos, magnis itineribus, in agrum PiftOrienfetn ab*
ducit. Sallujlii Bellum Catalinarium.
f The Hillory of this pifture is related at large in the 7th volume of Mw's ancient hif-
tory,—Alfo Plutarch \n. Deroetr. p. 906, 907,
3 A St.