Following is a copy of the itemized bill, which will be of interest to business men and artisans of other countries: To six boats, per agreement................30 lire.
Wood for building..........................11 Nails.......................................2 Labor and making...........................14 Pieces broken in bending....................5 Carrying boats to the bano..................2 Time lost while at exhibition..............10 Wine for poor boy who fell overboard........1 Total 75 lire The above is a fair sample of how contracts are adhered to in many European countries.

Paul paid the fellow the thirty lire that were due him, receiving the profane blessing of the irate builder.

Boyton was just in time for the great Roman Carnival and had the pleasure, if such it may be called, of witnessing the spectacle of barbrie barbrie.

This was cruel and dangerous sport--a horse race along the Corso, the principal thoroughfare in Rome; which is a narrow, winding street.

The race was contested by five or six thoroughbred horses, nearly wild and very vicious.