. Italy. tobacco or cigars or other goods, and beghim to buy. But those who know the men bestdeclare that it is very wrong to encourage them. Themoney thus easily earned goes in drunkenness and dis-sipation, and is a source of great harm to the smugglerhimself. At some points of the lake, great walls of rock springsheer from the water arid tower hundreds of feet a hot day it is delightful to lie in the shadow ofthese precipices or row gently along their base. Butcaution is needed, for danger may be near. Very oftenthere is a meadow on top of the rock far above. Thepeasants cut their h
. Italy. tobacco or cigars or other goods, and beghim to buy. But those who know the men bestdeclare that it is very wrong to encourage them. Themoney thus easily earned goes in drunkenness and dis-sipation, and is a source of great harm to the smugglerhimself. At some points of the lake, great walls of rock springsheer from the water arid tower hundreds of feet a hot day it is delightful to lie in the shadow ofthese precipices or row gently along their base. Butcaution is needed, for danger may be near. Very oftenthere is a meadow on top of the rock far above. Thepeasants cut their hay in the meadows, dry it, andcollect it in small stacks. On each stack is placed aboulder of rock or a big stone to prevent the hay beingwhirled over the precipice by a sudden storm of the peasant carries the hay from the meadow, hehurls the stones down the slopes, and they bound alongand leap over the precipice, and plunge into the waterfar below with terrific force. Very often the overhang- 8. A GARDEN AT CADENAB8IA, LAKE COMO. « y. Beside an Italian Lake ing rocks hide from his view the boat on the lake, andit is no pleasant experience for those in the skiff to seea huge stone whistle upon them and crash into thewater near at hand. The boatmen are also fishermen, for Lake Comoabounds in fish. Splendid trout are taken in the netsup to twenty pounds in weight, and there are hugepike, with perch, tench, and other fish. At night youmay often hear a pleasant sound of bells chiming softlyfrom the bosom of the lake. They are the bells whichthe fisherman has fastened to floats to mark the positionof his nets, to guide him to them in the , too, is the sight of the boat which glides alongin the shallow water near the shore with a great torchflaring in the bows. The light falls upon a fishermanwho stands beside it with a spear in his hands. Nowand again he darts his spear swiftly into the water, andstrikes a fish which has been attracted by the light
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