His name was Ottaviani, and he was also an antiquarian of some repute.

In a few days the boarding-house was found, and on the 2nd day of April, 1734, on the very day I had accomplished my ninth year, I was taken to Padua in a 'burchiello', along the Brenta Canal.

We embarked at ten o'clock in the evening, immediately after supper.
The 'burchiello' may be considered a small floating house.

There is a large saloon with a smaller cabin at each end, and rooms for servants fore and aft.

It is a long square with a roof, and cut on each side by glazed windows with shutters.