Byways in southern Tuscany . oticed that some of the children usedFrench phrases, which at once awakened curiosity. A little talk with some of the leisurely inhabitants dis-closed the fact that their industry is quite specialized. Themajority of the men leave their village for five months inthe year and go to work in France. They are able to securevery cheap traveling rates by water from Italy, going inparties of four or more. Once there, they secure employ-ment in roadmaking and earn good wages, bringing homewith them at the end of the season upward of five hundredlire. In a short time a labo
Byways in southern Tuscany . oticed that some of the children usedFrench phrases, which at once awakened curiosity. A little talk with some of the leisurely inhabitants dis-closed the fact that their industry is quite specialized. Themajority of the men leave their village for five months inthe year and go to work in France. They are able to securevery cheap traveling rates by water from Italy, going inparties of four or more. Once there, they secure employ-ment in roadmaking and earn good wages, bringing homewith them at the end of the season upward of five hundredlire. In a short time a laborer is able to lease a house,that is, two or three rooms in one of the plain, solid build-ings thus divided for the use of many families. Thisaccomplished, he secures a scrap of ground on which tocultivate tomatoes, and space for the accommodation of apig, an important adjunct. He is now established as apigionale or renter, that is, a solid householder, and withhis modest wants, can spend the rest of the year 21 .. ^^:^^m7m?^mm^^
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