CHAPTER XVII.

Floods in France--London--Back to the South--Marseilles--Italian Emigrant passengers--A death on board--French _impolitesse_ --Italian coast scenery at dawn--Unlimited palaver--Arrival in Leghorn--The "_Lepanto_"--Departure--"Fair Florence"--The Arno --Streets--Palaces--San Miniato--The grand Duomo--The Baptistery --Ghiberti's Bronze Gates 217