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neatness in all he attempts, are his cha-
racteristics. Though Caffarelli and Bar-
bella are rather ancient and in ruin, yet
what remains of them is but the more
precious. Caffarelli proposed our spend-
ing a whole day together, in order to
discuss musical matters, and said it would
even be too little for all that we had to
say; but when I had acquainted him of
the necessity I was under of setting out
for Rome the next night, immediately
after the opera, he offered to meet
me again at Lord Fortrose's the next
morning.
After supper, Barbella played extreme-
ly well several Calabrese, Leccese, and
Neapolitan airs, and among the rest, a
humourous piece composed by himself,
which he calls ninna nonna; it is a nur-
sery tune, or lullaby, excellent in its way,
and was well expressed.
Wednesday 7. I visited by appointment,
Padre della Torre, to whom I had let-
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