Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . Garlic and Onions 382 HAEPEES MONTHLY MAGAZINE. town consists of a group of palatial ho-tels and villas set in superb gardens; agay business street with most attractiveshops; and a promenade by the sea, un-happily marred by the proximity of therailroad. The old town, perched high upon ahill, is quite the crookedest old town thatone would wish to see—its streets a be-wildering labyrinth, twisting, turning,and doubling on themselves, and often sosteep as to be laid out in steps. Darklittle shops are poked into every
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 104 December 1901 to May 1902 . Garlic and Onions 382 HAEPEES MONTHLY MAGAZINE. town consists of a group of palatial ho-tels and villas set in superb gardens; agay business street with most attractiveshops; and a promenade by the sea, un-happily marred by the proximity of therailroad. The old town, perched high upon ahill, is quite the crookedest old town thatone would wish to see—its streets a be-wildering labyrinth, twisting, turning,and doubling on themselves, and often sosteep as to be laid out in steps. Darklittle shops are poked into every screens over the doors, tipped tocatch the light, somewhat lessen thegloom within, where carpenters, green-grocers, bakers, and tailors ply theirtrades. The door lintels are often ofcarved slate, fashioned into the queerestshapes of birds and beasts, or the em-blazoned arms of former occupants. Andhigh up on the hill-top, where a bladeof grass never peeps from between theclose-laid paving-stones, the moo ofa cow comes strangely from behind a. A City Gate, Bordighera closed door. Grape - vines of extraor-dinary vigor emerge from cracks betweenthe cobbles, and clinging for support tothe roughly built walls, climb four or fivestories without a leaf, finally to blossomforth on a graceful pergola on the here on the roof-tops are the onlyattempts at gardening that are to beseen, and here on sultry summer even-ings the people come to inhale a breathof fresh air and enjoy a peep at theirfew potted geraniums and carnations,mingled with chicken - coops and dove-cotes. From San Eemo down to Genoa thepicturesque coast can only be appreci-ated from the highway—an ideal roadeither for cycling or driving. From Al-benga to Savona the gayly colored villagessucceed each other in rapid succession,each with its note of individual charm—a graceful campanile, a quaint arcadedmarket-square, a group of stately cypress-es clustered near a high church door, avilla with its gay approach
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