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ing taken out of them, are reduced to twenty-nine. In the pit there are four- teen or fifteen rows of seats, which are very roomy and commodious, with lea- ther cushions and stuffed backs, each se- parated from the other by a broad rest for the elbow: in the middle of the pit there are thirty of these seats in a row; the chief part of which are let by the season, each of these turns up and is locked, in the absence of the proprietor.
November 1, being All Saints day, I went, at least two miles, to the church of the Incurabili where I was told there would be good music; but I found it miserable. From hence I went to several other churches, where I only heard bad music ill performed.
Friday, Nov. 3. [sic, should be "2"] This day I visited his Neapolitan majesty's museum, at Portici, where I had enquiries to make concern- ing ancient instruments and MSS. which
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