. Italy: a handbook for travellers. First Part (Nothern Italy). levelling and equal-ising effects of advancing civilisation, corresponds with the wild aspectof their country, and, at least in the more remote districts, still retainsmany of those peculiar features described by ancient writers. Their in-satiable thirst for revenge (vendetta), formerly one of the chief causesof the depopulation of the island, has never been thoroughly perpetrators of these dark deeds retire as outlaws (banditi) to themountains, where, hunted like wild beasts by a corps of gensdarmesconstituted for
. Italy: a handbook for travellers. First Part (Nothern Italy). levelling and equal-ising effects of advancing civilisation, corresponds with the wild aspectof their country, and, at least in the more remote districts, still retainsmany of those peculiar features described by ancient writers. Their in-satiable thirst for revenge (vendetta), formerly one of the chief causesof the depopulation of the island, has never been thoroughly perpetrators of these dark deeds retire as outlaws (banditi) to themountains, where, hunted like wild beasts by a corps of gensdarmesconstituted for this express purpose, they frequently protract, their mis-i-rable existence for many years. At the same time this revengefulferocity is to a certain extent compensated for by bravery, love of free-dom, simplicity of manners, and hospitality, virtues which usuallycharacterise a vigorous and primitive race. Their ballads, too, and espe-cially their dirges (voceri), are full of poetical pathos. The situation and climate of the island are Italian, as was also its. *»RDA1GJJE Wagner &Debes, Leipzig. CORSICA. 467 history down to the year 1768. Since the beginning of the present cen-tury its union with France has been still more closely cemented by itsconnection with the family of Napoleon. It now forms the 86th Depart-ment, the capital of which is Ajaccio, and is divided into 5 Arrondisse-ments: Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Corte, and Sartene. An Italian dialect isstill the language of the natives, but French is used for all official pur-poses, and is spoken by the educated classes. The great attractions of Corsica are its beautiful scenery and its inter-esting historical associations, for it can boast of no antiquities or trea-sures of art. A visit to the island is now easily accomplished. May isconsidered the most favourable season. A weeks stay will enable the or-dinary traveller to become acquainted with Ajaccio, Corte (ascent ofMonte Rotondo), and Bastia. Those who desire a more tho
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