Meat is about a third dearer than in London, and clothing, even of the poorest sort, is very high in price.

On the other hand, lodgings, of the class used by the poor, are cheap enough.

There is no outlay for firing, as even in the coldest weather (and I have known the temperature in Rome as low as eight degrees below freezing-point), even well-to-do Romans never think of lighting a fire; and then, in this climate, the actual quantity of victuals required by an able-bodied labourer is far smaller than in our northern countries, while, from the same cause, the use of strong liquors is almost unknown.

Tobacco too, which is all made up in the Papal factories and chiefly grown in the country, is reasonable in price, though poor in quality.

In the country and the poorer parts of the city, the dearest cigar you can buy is only a baioccho, or under one halfpenny; and from this fact you may conclude what the price of the common cheap cigars is to a native.