. A leisurely journey . And oh! the green andgold and blue in its water shifting and flash-ing and reflecting the hills and houses andgardens and mountains. And oh ! the boatsin the distance or near, floating lazily along,the sails painted old gold in the queer Italianmanner, or the oars lifted sluggishly also inthe slack and easy Italian manner. And so the pleasant days go by, — alas ! toosoon to end, — and we must leave fair Gardabehind us. But multitudes are to come afterus; and ere a few years this beautiful lake,now off the great lines of travel, must beknown as Como and Lugano and Maggio
. A leisurely journey . And oh! the green andgold and blue in its water shifting and flash-ing and reflecting the hills and houses andgardens and mountains. And oh ! the boatsin the distance or near, floating lazily along,the sails painted old gold in the queer Italianmanner, or the oars lifted sluggishly also inthe slack and easy Italian manner. And so the pleasant days go by, — alas ! toosoon to end, — and we must leave fair Gardabehind us. But multitudes are to come afterus; and ere a few years this beautiful lake,now off the great lines of travel, must beknown as Como and Lugano and Maggioreare known. And then when this Riviera shallbe the rival of the French Riviera, and Gar-done and Salo and Maderno shall be the rivalsof Mentone and Nice and Cannes, it will bea pleasure to remember that we were amongthe first to see it as one of the best places inthe world in which to keep at bay that diseasewhich is the dread of all Northerners, and inwhich to pass a pleasant, equable, and even adelightful
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