The prospect of a good meal seemed of more importance in the eyes of my fellow- passengers than any thing else.

They resolved to have luncheon first, and afterwards to take a little walk through the city.
On hearing this I immediately made a bargain with a cicerone to shew me what he could in four hours, and went with him, leaving the company seated at table.

Though I got nothing to eat to-day but a piece of bread and a few figs, which I despatched on the road, I saw some sights which I would not have missed for the most sumptuous entertainment.
Of the once spacious town nothing remains but a very small portion, inhabited by 10,000 persons at most.

The dirty streets were every where crowded with people, as though they dwelt out of doors, while the houses stood empty.
Accompanied by my guide, I passed hastily through the new town, and over three or four wooden bridges to Neapolis, the part of ancient Syracuse in which monuments of the past are seen in the best state of preservation.

First we came to the theatre.