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where I arrived at four the next morning;
and though the musical performance at
Figline was not what I had been made
to expect, yet the rest was very superior
and what I was not likely to meet with
elsewhere; so that, upon the whole, I
did not think the time spent in this ex-
cursion entirely lost.
Wednesday, Sept. 6. I was present at
the performance of another opera, set by
Piccini, called Le Donne Vendicate. There
were in this drama but four characters,
which were represented very well by the
same persons as those in the Pescatrice.
There are but two acts in any of the co-
mic operas that have yet seen in Italy;
but the dances, which are likewise two,
may be called balli pantomimi, or panto-
mime entertainments, as they are each as
long almost as an act of the opera. There
are two or three charming airs in this bur-
letta. Costanza Baglioni sung extremely
well; and the tenor, who is a favourite
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