It is from the Hermitage, there on the side of Vesuvius, that one should "see Naples and die." But do not go within the walls and look at it in detail.

That takes away some of the romance of the thing.

The people are filthy in their habits, and this makes filthy streets and breeds disagreeable sights and smells.
There never was a community so prejudiced against the cholera as these Neapolitans are.

But they have good reason to be.

The cholera generally vanquishes a Neapolitan when it seizes him, because, you understand, before the doctor can dig through the dirt and get at the disease the man dies.