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inclined to laugh at than with such mi-
mics. In this dance the stage was illu-
minated in a most splendid, and, to me,
new manner, with lampioni coloriti, or
coloured lamps, which had a very pretty
effect; the front scene and ceiling, as
well as the sides, had an infinite number
of these lamps.
The theatre here is very large and
splendid; it has five rows of boxes on
each side, one hundred in each row; and
parallel to these runs a broad gallery round
the house, as an avenue to every row of
boxes: each box will contain six persons,
who sit at the sides, facing each other;
some of the front-boxes will conveniently
contain ten. Across the gallery of com-
munication is a complete room to every
box, with a fire-place in it, and all con-
veniencies for refreshments and cards. In
the fourth row is a pharo table, on each
side [sic] the house, which is used during the
performance of the opera. There is in
front a very large box, as big as a com-
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