Thank you, very much.  I actually had a copy of the letter attached to
Chapter 30.  I was not very careful about naming my files when I first
created my Innocents Abroad pages for my web site. And yes, I did get
confused over McKeithan's chapter numbers - which do not necessarily
correspond to the letter numbers.  
 
On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 15:28 -0400, Bob Gill wrote:
> The reference to the gondolier's shirt is in the first paragraph on
> page 98 
> of the McKeithan book, in the letter titled "Descent of Mount
> Vesuvius." The 
> confusion with the number might be due to the fact that it's chapter
> 17 of 
> the book, but -- according to the note at the end, it was "numbered
> thirteen 
> by Twain." It apparently ran in the Alta California on Oct. 10, 1967.
> 
> -- Bob G.
> 
> 
> > 
> > While updating my website I've found that my page for Chapter 22 of
> > The 
> > Innocents Abroad is missing a link to Letter Thirteen.  McKeithan,
> > in 
> > "Traveling with the Innocents Abroad", notes that letter 13 was
> > published 
> > in the Daily Alta September 16, 1867.  What I find there is the
> > letter of 
> > "Mark Twain in Quarantine."  Letter 13 is said to contain his
> > comment on 
> > the gondolier's shirt tail.  The Quarantine letter makes no
> > reference to 
> > gondoliers. There is some degree of confusion in regards to the
> > letter 
> > numbering, however:  #12 is marked Naples, August, 1867;  #14 is
> > marked 
> > Venice, July 29.
> > Is there, in fact, an article in the Daily Alta labeled as Letter
> > 13?  If 
> > so, I would be appreciative of the publication date.
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