. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . oveufaLs aud Aviguonnais did, on the subject of the Durance,to decide the spot where the ]leno should join it. Tlianks to the numerous cavities, whereduring the winter the water of its sources stores itself, the Tiber does uot sink much at itssummer level. ^ Other water-courses of peninsular Italy : at the ^^?est, the Magra, the boundary ofTuscany and Liguria, 36 miles in length; the Chiaua, the Nera, and the Teverone (Anio),tributaries of the Tiber: the Garigliauo (T^iris), 70miles; the Tolt
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . oveufaLs aud Aviguonnais did, on the subject of the Durance,to decide the spot where the ]leno should join it. Tlianks to the numerous cavities, whereduring the winter the water of its sources stores itself, the Tiber does uot sink much at itssummer level. ^ Other water-courses of peninsular Italy : at the ^^?est, the Magra, the boundary ofTuscany and Liguria, 36 miles in length; the Chiaua, the Nera, and the Teverone (Anio),tributaries of the Tiber: the Garigliauo (T^iris), 70miles; the Tolturno, S3: the Sele; the Lao:at the East, the Pisatello (Rubicol; the Metauro: the Esiuo: the Trouto, 56 miles: the Pescara(Aternus), 83; the Sangro, 83: the Biferno, 5s; the Fortore, 8l ; and the Ofauto, 114. There is some doubt on this point, for the lake of Bolsena, which some travellers(Dennis, Etruria i., p. 514) and some learned men (Delesse, Hevue de geol. IS?) regard as acrater. xxav INTKODICTIOX. groatost doptli, does not ivacli oH fi-ot, aud it will sonn ha e thrfat(> of Lake 12°M1JiCr. Scale Eduic4,12,^-Trouin. The present conililiiiii of the Iciiiliiio Marshes. Stagnant waters cover a }>art of the coast to the West and tothe Soutli : it is the realm of fcv(>r. The yonnger Pliny speaks ofthe unhealthiuess of the coasts of Etruria, M-her(> the Marennna,Avhich the Etruscans had once drained, was re-appearing. In Latiumthe sea fornierlv reached to the foot of the mountains of Sofia and TUK CiEOUKAlHV OF ITALY. XXA
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