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[[Turin]]

After Dinner we drove in our Chariot
round the Town w'ch [which] is but a few Miles
in Circumfrence, but surrounded with
regular & strong fortifications -

It is a City however pleasant in its
Situation on the Banks of the [[Po]] - The
Houses have a pretty uniform & elegant
appearance - The Streets are even
regular & grand, & the Kings Palace ~~tho~~
with that of the hereditary Prince adjoin'd [adjoined]
who has the Title of Duke of [[Savory]], tho' [though] not
very large are very magnificent -

We saw the principal Churches this
Afternoon w'ch [which] are neither very nume -
- rous or ornamented with a Profusion
of fine paintings w'ch [which] is so common a
thing in [[Italy]] -

We waited on [[Mr. Duttons]] Secretary
to the english Ambassador [[Mr. Pitts]] [who]
is now in England - but he was in his Chariot
just going out - we learn that there are
a Number of English Gentry now at Turin
particularly [[Lord Berrysmore]] [[Lord Barrymore?]]- a [[Mr. Crawford]], [[Lord
Mont-Stuart,]] [[Lord Berkeley]], [[Mr. Aubery]], Sir Thom's [[Thomas Gascoigne]]
a [[Mr. Naton]], [[Col. Edmonston]], [[Mr. Cleveret]], [[Mr. Dillon]], [[Mr. Fermon]],
[[Mr. Fuser]], [[Mr. Needham]], [[Capt. Dobson]], [[Mr. Grey]]

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