Ven. Lire. Bread, wine, oil, and vinegar 29,421 Fish 24,410 Meat, poultry, game 20,370 Sausages, large and small 3,980 Preserved fruits and candles 47,670 Wines, liquors, coffee 63,845 Spices, herbs, fruit, flowers 6,314 Wood and charcoal 31,851 Utensils hired, worn, and lost 41,624 Small expenses 45,327 Given to footmen and to workmen of the guilds 63,583 Tobacco and snuff 4,931 Poem ‘La Scaramuccia’ (The Skirmish) 48 Almanacks 8 Game of Rocambole (said to have been a kind of Ombre) 550 Nightcaps 450 Felt caps 56 Socks 16 Black silk wig-bags 48 French, German, and Spanish snuff-boxes 3,077 Combs ‘à la royale,’ for wigs, and for caps 2,150 Essence of rose, carnation, lavender, and vanilla; olive gum and gold powder 173 Rouge 9 One rosary 15 ------- Total 389,926 ======= Romanin, probably with another copy of the account which he does not give in items, and writing earlier than Mutinelli, makes the sum a little smaller. In any case it is certainly one of the most extraordinary bills ever brought in by a Republic for electing its chief. In view of modern methods it will interest some [Sidenote: _Rom. viii. 302, note._] of my readers to see how the expenses of Venetian elections increased towards the end, according to Romanin:-- Ven. Lire. Election of Carlo Ruzzini in 1732 68,946 “ Aloise Pisani “ 1734 70,629 “ Pietro Grimani “ 1741 70,667 “ Francesco Loredan “ 1752 134,290 “ Marco Foscarini “ 1762 120,868 “ Aloise Mocenigo “ 1763 125,234 “ Paolo Renier “ 1779 222,410 “ Ludovico Manin “ 1789 378,387