. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . ink. These little cups are common crockery, but atthe bottom there is written, Viva Bacco, Viva 1Italia,Viva la Gioia, Viva Venere, or other such matter; theyare to be had in every crockery shop throughout theMendrisiotto, and are very pretty. We drank outof them, and ate the cray-fish which had been givenus. Then seeing that it was getting late, we returnedtogether to Besazio, and there parted, they descendingto Ligornetto and we to Mendrisio, after a day whichI should be glad to think would be as long andpleasantly remembere
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . ink. These little cups are common crockery, but atthe bottom there is written, Viva Bacco, Viva 1Italia,Viva la Gioia, Viva Venere, or other such matter; theyare to be had in every crockery shop throughout theMendrisiotto, and are very pretty. We drank outof them, and ate the cray-fish which had been givenus. Then seeing that it was getting late, we returnedtogether to Besazio, and there parted, they descendingto Ligornetto and we to Mendrisio, after a day whichI should be glad to think would be as long andpleasantly remembered by our Italian friends as itwill assuredly be by ourselves. The excursions in the neighbourhood of Men- A DAY AT THE CANTINE. 321 drisio are endless. The walk, for example, to and thence to Meride is exquisite. S. Agataitself is perfect, and commands a splendid view. Thenthere is the little chapel of S. Nicolao on a ledge ofthe red precipice. The walk to this by the village ofSommazzo is as good as anything can be, and the ..--,•.;?..—vi. •----•. SOMMAZZO. quiet terrace leading to the church door will not beforgotten by those who have seen it. Sommazzo itselffrom the other side of the valley comes as is Cragno, again, on the Monte Generoso,or Riva with its series of pictures in tempera by thebrothers Giulio Cesare, and Camillo Procaccini, men 322 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. who, had they lived before the days of academies,might have done as well as any, except the fewwhom no academy can mould, but who, as it was,were carried away by fluency and facility. It is use-less, however, to specify. There is not one of themany villages which can be seen from any risingground in the neighbourhood, but what containssomething that is picturesque and interesting, whilethe coup oTceII, as a whole, is always equally striking,whether one is on the plain and looks towards themountains, or looks from the mountains to the plains. CHAPTER XXIII. SACRO MONTE, VARESE. From Me
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