. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . orrent of thanks,and left him to waste their sweetness upon the sur-rounding air. From Villa Adriana to Tivoli the road rises gentlyfrom the country of oranges and figs up the slopes ofthe Sabine Hills, amidst dense groves of olives, tillit is some 700 feet above the flat Campagna. I need not enlarge upon the glories of Tivoli— From the green steeps where Anio leapsIn floods of snow-white foam, and whose beauties are seen to such advantage fromthe Belvedere where our trusty, if voluble, gu
. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . orrent of thanks,and left him to waste their sweetness upon the sur-rounding air. From Villa Adriana to Tivoli the road rises gentlyfrom the country of oranges and figs up the slopes ofthe Sabine Hills, amidst dense groves of olives, tillit is some 700 feet above the flat Campagna. I need not enlarge upon the glories of Tivoli— From the green steeps where Anio leapsIn floods of snow-white foam, and whose beauties are seen to such advantage fromthe Belvedere where our trusty, if voluble, guideconducted us. Likewise how, after lunch, he led usthrough the lovely gardens of the Villa dEste, orpiloted us with pride into the Temples of the Sibyland Tiburtus, and pointed out, far away on thehorizon, the crowned dome of St. Peters. It waswith tears in his eyes and something more sub-stantial in his pockets that, late in the afternoon, hesorrowfully and with expressions more heartfelt thanintelligible bid us good-bye. And our last impres-sions of him were seeing him standing in the middle162. A FLYING GLIMPSE OF ITALY of the road, with his hat in one hand and his largeumbrella waved violently by the other. Our intention had been to drive through Naplesinto Calabria and ship Mercedes to Sicily, butwhile staying In Home there came the alarm thatVesuvius had broken out into open rebellion andwas pouring ashes on to Naples. Friends whoarrived in one of the crowded trains from thestricken city described the panic reigning there,and advised us not to venture Into the town,crowded as It was with the panic-stricken peasantspouring in from the country and half distracted bythe loss of their homes. Everyone was disappointed,especially Sheila, to whom I had been describingthe charms of Naples, and the glories of Pompeii,Sorrento, and a host of other delightful places. I am afraid It wont be possible to get toNaples, I said. *Its narrow streets are no placefor Mercedes when the to
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