. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph and bare, and Trieste : the Harbour IITrieste F you take the midnight steamer at Veniceyou reach Trieste by six oclock in themorning, and the hills rise to meet you asyou enter the broad bay dotted with thesail of fishing-craft. The hills are baldyou find, as you draw near, that the citylies at their feet under a veil of mist, or climbs earlierinto view along their sides. The prospect is singularlydevoid of gentle and pleasing features, and looking atthose rugged acclivities, with their aspect o
. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph and bare, and Trieste : the Harbour IITrieste F you take the midnight steamer at Veniceyou reach Trieste by six oclock in themorning, and the hills rise to meet you asyou enter the broad bay dotted with thesail of fishing-craft. The hills are baldyou find, as you draw near, that the citylies at their feet under a veil of mist, or climbs earlierinto view along their sides. The prospect is singularlydevoid of gentle and pleasing features, and looking atthose rugged acclivities, with their aspect of continualbleakness, you readily believe all the stories you haveheard of that fierce wind called the Bora which sweepsfrom them through Trieste at certain seasons. While itblows, ladies walking near the quays are sometimescaught up and set afloat, involuntary Galateas, in thebay, and people keep indoors as much as possible. Butthe Bora, though so sudden and so savage, does givewarning of its rise, and the peasants avail themselves of 226 3talta n 3 o u cn e 8 e this characteristic. They stati
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