LETTER LI. p. 78.

_Carnival at Rome.—Masquerades and other amusements in the Corso.—Horse-races.—Serious Opera.—Great sensibility in a young woman.—Extravagant expression of a Roman citizen at the Opera.—A Serenade on Christmas morning.—Female performers prohibited on the Theatres at Rome.—Eunuchs substituted.—The effect on the minds of spectators._