Good roads . known that our editor once visited Venice, and in the fullness ofhis heart preached the ^ood doctrine of good roads to theenterprising Dagos of that famous village. I am sorry to state that the result was not a very glowingone. In fact it was a flat failure, and after our editor had wepta few crocodile tears, he hunted up a secluded spot and wept insorrow and seclusion. But note ! He did not forget that latentspirit of advertisement in his sorrow, but borrowed a pair ofwell worn and well patched shoes and lay himself down to restand (incidentally) displayed his advertisement of th
Good roads . known that our editor once visited Venice, and in the fullness ofhis heart preached the ^ood doctrine of good roads to theenterprising Dagos of that famous village. I am sorry to state that the result was not a very glowingone. In fact it was a flat failure, and after our editor had wepta few crocodile tears, he hunted up a secluded spot and wept insorrow and seclusion. But note ! He did not forget that latentspirit of advertisement in his sorrow, but borrowed a pair ofwell worn and well patched shoes and lay himself down to restand (incidentally) displayed his advertisement of the poor roadsof Venice to good advantage. It was then that I photographedhim as shown above. This is my apology. Venice has some very fine streets which are not wet. In fact,a traveler can pass over and see the entire city by means of 20 Venezians Pounding Fish. various back streets and about 480 bridges. These streets arepaved with flags or blocks of a sort of freestone, and are uniqueby the fact that there are no curbs, gutters or sidewalks. Ashorses are unknown in Venice, you have the entire street your-self, and were they not so narrow you could safely use a bikeand make a beautiful run without fatigue over an even surface. One day as I was passing along one of these boulevards(about six feet wide) I saw an interesting sight. I noticedthree men pounding fish that looked like mackerel, on a stonepillow with a wooden mallet. Their stroke was in successionlike blacksmiths working iron, and by the time they got throughwith the fish he looked very flat indeed. By means of a great many signs and a large quantity of VENICE. 21 gall I managed to learn that this was a method of preservingfish. They pounded out all juices and reduced the flesh to apulp, and afterward packed them in air-tight boxes with salt,where they remai
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