A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . remely dress of the people is picturesque. Thecurious market carts, drawn by sleek oxen, makea charming picture as they wind their snail-likeway along the country roads. This pleasingcountry is flat and dyked the whole way along anew route, its attractiveness being considerablyenhanced by lines of graceful willow trees whichfringe the water sluices. Immense fields of grow-ing rice in every direction are quite a feature ofthe landscape. The soil is fertile, well cultivated,and the farmers appear prosperous and
A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France . remely dress of the people is picturesque. Thecurious market carts, drawn by sleek oxen, makea charming picture as they wind their snail-likeway along the country roads. This pleasingcountry is flat and dyked the whole way along anew route, its attractiveness being considerablyenhanced by lines of graceful willow trees whichfringe the water sluices. Immense fields of grow-ing rice in every direction are quite a feature ofthe landscape. The soil is fertile, well cultivated,and the farmers appear prosperous and happy. In the course of our days run we crossed theRiver Po by a bridge, where a toll of two francs isextorted. The charge is, of course, exorbitant, butthe bridge is distinctly preferable to the ferry,which entails both worry and delay. With the next day came a blinding fog, so wedevoted it to taking in the sights of the town. The morning of Thursday, December 19, wasclear and fine, and by nine oclock we had leftBologna behind us and were skimming along the [14 1. wuzw o Q< I—I z U c/2 VENICE TO NAPLES road to Florence where we arrived at 12: 20 stopped for lunch at the Grand Hotel andleft, at two in the afternoon, for Sienna, 69 kilo-meters distant, which we reached at four had then made a days run of 175 kilometersin five and a half hours. At Sienna we found ex-cellent quarters at the Hotel Royal, a good, cleanhouse, where we stayed for the night. Our mornings run to Florence, by way of Pasde la Futa, was really magnificent. The road isgood the whole way, and a motor diligence ofFiat cars covers the entire route once in twenty-four hours. Some of the gradients are very stiff,frequently necessitating first speed. The highestelevation is 3,000 feet, at the summit of the route. Several villages of little interest were passedthrough. The country folk, however, whentreated with consideration, are kindly disposed. At the highest point of the route we took anu
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