CHAPTER VII.

Scenery _en route_--Bordighera--Pegli--Genoa--Its magnificent situation--The grandeur of its past--The Harbour--Streets--Palaces --Cathedral of San Lorenzo--Sacred Catina--Chapel of St. John the Baptist--Italian Beggars--Sudden change in the atmosphere--The Campo Santo--Shops of Genoa--Marble promenade--City of precipices --Climate of Genoa 72