In
The Largo Del Palazzo There Is Always A Large Assembly Of Officers And
Others, Besides A Tolerable Quantity Of Ruffiani, Who Fasten Upon
Strangers In Order To Recommend To Them Their Female Acquaintances.
A
little further is the Quai of St Lucia, where the fish market is held, and
here the cries increase.
The quantity of fish of all sorts caught in the
bay and exposed for sale in the market is immense and so much more than can
be sold, that the rest is generally given away to the Lazzaroni. Here are
delicious mullets, oysters, whitings, soles, prawns, etc. There is on the
Quai of St Lucia a restaurant where naught but fish is served, but that
is so well dressed and in such variety that amateurs frequently come to
dine here on maigre days; for two carlini[95] you may eat fish of all
sorts and bread at discretion. The wine is paid for extra. On the Quai of
St Lucia is a fountain of mineral water which possesses the most admirable
qualities for opening the primae viae and purifying the blood. It is an
excellent drink for bilious people or for those afflicted with abdominal
obstructions and diseases of the liver. It has a slight sulfurous mixed
with a ferruginous taste, and is impregnated with a good deal of fixed air,
which makes it a pleasant beverage. It should be taken every morning
fasting. The presidency over this fountain is generally monopolized by a
piscatory nymph who expects a grano for the trouble of filling you a
glass or two.
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