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aisle, and inside, on the first of the left-hand bays. The campanile itself is of no great beauty or interest save for its bell-chamber, whose parapet, octagon and cupola are of really fine Renaissance design. The interior is a simple nave of five bays and two aisles, each ending in an apse. The capitals of the angle responds display the signs of the four evangelists ; that of the right-hand corner, near the altar, bears the Lion of S. Marco. In the Piazza del Salizzo is the usual Venetian loggia, and close by the landing-place stands a quaint little lion, dumpy, but attractive, on a stumpy little column, waiting to watch and welcome those who come by sea.
   The Curzolani are said to keep up many of their old customs: they still dance the “Moreska”, a sort of pantomime show; the King of Spain carries off the wife of the negro king, Bula; in carnival time they elect their king, whose rule runs to Ash-Wednesday; they still act their Chevalaresque drama of “ Compagnia ”, which resembles the “ Alka” of Sinj, or the “ Marinarezza ” of Cattaro, about which we shall have something to say when we reach the Bocche ; and I can remember, when I first came to Venice, I saw the “Manfrina danced, which undoubtedly has its origin in the “ Monferina ” of Curzola.