Byways in southern Tuscany . ous shootsaloft and the clematis, blackberry, and ivy busily bindingall together. On the white road winding between thesesweet boundaries we soon begin to meet flocks of sheepstarting out upon their journey to the Casentino or thePistojese. They are not so numerous now as they used tobe, for then they thronged such long spaces that for vehi-cles and horses to pass was a difficult matter. It was alsohard upon the sheep, and the shepherds had a way of dis-couraging trayel—that of teaching their dogs to bite theheels of the horses encroaching upon the roads while thes
Byways in southern Tuscany . ous shootsaloft and the clematis, blackberry, and ivy busily bindingall together. On the white road winding between thesesweet boundaries we soon begin to meet flocks of sheepstarting out upon their journey to the Casentino or thePistojese. They are not so numerous now as they used tobe, for then they thronged such long spaces that for vehi-cles and horses to pass was a difficult matter. It was alsohard upon the sheep, and the shepherds had a way of dis-couraging trayel—that of teaching their dogs to bite theheels of the horses encroaching upon the roads while thesheep were being moved. A few miles beyond Magliano a pretty little town comesin sight, upon a tabled hill, most gratifyingly placed andcomposed. There is the white ribbon of the road encirclingit and arriving with a fine sweep at its gate where upon theright hand is a short, sturdy tower and upon the left apalazzino with a garden and pretty loggia; beyond you seetwo small campanili and farther, at the highest point, one 70. BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY
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