In Reaching It To You She Never Fails To Exclaim "Buono Per
Le Natiche," And It Certainly Has A Very Rapid Effect; I Look Upon It As
More Efficacious Than The Cheltenham Waters And It Is Certainly Much More
Agreeable In Taste.
At the end of the Quai of St Lucia is the Castello
dell 'Uovo, a Gothic fortress, before the inner gate of which hangs an
immense stuffed crocodile.
This crocodile is said to have been found alive
in the fosse of the castle, but how he came there has never been
explained; there is an old woman's story that he came every day to the
dungeon where prisoners were confined, and took out one for his dinner. The
Castello dell 'Uovo stands on the extremity of a tongue of land which
runs into the sea. After passing the Castello dell 'Uovo I came to the
Chiaia or Quai properly so called, which is the most agreeable part of
Naples and the favorite promenade of the beau-monde. The finest buildings
and Palazzi line the Chiaia on the land side and above them all tower
the Castle of St Elmo and the Chartreuse with several villas intervening.
The garden of the Chiaia contains gravel walks, grass plots, alleys of
trees, fountains, plantations of orange, myrtle and laurel trees which give
a delightful fragrance to the air; and besides several other statues, it
boasts of one of the finest groups in Europe, called the Toro Farnese. It
is a magnificent piece of sculpture and represents three men endeavouring
to hold a ferocious bull.
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