. Plain-towns of Italy : the cities of old Venetia. to reappear upon theinner side divided into three or four branches. Thiswas just to the right of where I had mounted; and onwalking to the spot I saw between two of the radiatingarms a delightful rustic islet, piled with rough cementblocks into a tiny hill, atop which sat a summer-house overgrown with creepers. A lovely scene, of akind most unexpected. It was attached to a neighboringshady garden by a rustic foot-bridge; and beyond itthe swift waters rushed on diversely between the backsof buildings and other gardens, till lost to sight. Adja
. Plain-towns of Italy : the cities of old Venetia. to reappear upon theinner side divided into three or four branches. Thiswas just to the right of where I had mounted; and onwalking to the spot I saw between two of the radiatingarms a delightful rustic islet, piled with rough cementblocks into a tiny hill, atop which sat a summer-house overgrown with creepers. A lovely scene, of akind most unexpected. It was attached to a neighboringshady garden by a rustic foot-bridge; and beyond itthe swift waters rushed on diversely between the backsof buildings and other gardens, till lost to sight. Adjacent to the stream without the wall was some-thing still more unusual and surprising: a modern citysuburb of the upper class, the first one I had yetfound, consisting of a road lined with very recent,ornate dwellings, separated amongst lawns and mead-ows. The North Italians have at last discovered,then, the joys of having ones own house, in ruralsurroundings; but as I gazed, I saw, alas! that theyhave not yet discovered the veranda, — that which. CONEGLIANO. GATEWAY TO OLD TOWX. —CASTLE HILL INBACKGROUND.
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