. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph Bassano : the Bridge A Visit to the Cimbri. HAD often heard in Venice of that ancientpeople, settled in the Alpine hills aboutthe pretty town of Bassano, on the Brenta,whom common fame declares to be aremnant of the Cimbrian invaders of Rome,broken up in battle, and dispersed along the borders ofNorth Italy, by Marius, many centuries ago. So once,when the soft September weather came, we sallied out ofVenice in three, to make conquest of whatever was curiousin the life and traditions of these mou
. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph Bassano : the Bridge A Visit to the Cimbri. HAD often heard in Venice of that ancientpeople, settled in the Alpine hills aboutthe pretty town of Bassano, on the Brenta,whom common fame declares to be aremnant of the Cimbrian invaders of Rome,broken up in battle, and dispersed along the borders ofNorth Italy, by Marius, many centuries ago. So once,when the soft September weather came, we sallied out ofVenice in three, to make conquest of whatever was curiousin the life and traditions of these mountaineers who dwellin seven villages, and are therefore called the people ofthe Sette Communi among their Italian neighbours. Wewent fully armed with note-book and sketch-book, andprepared to take literary possession of our conquest. From Venice to the city of Vicenza by railroad, it is twohours; and thence one must take a carriage to Bassano(which is an opulent and busy little grain mart, of some 208 3ta(ian Sourness twelve thousand souls, about thirty miles north of Venice). A VisitWe were very glad of the ride across the country. By t
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