. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . CASTLE OF ANGERA. at once ; the action was exactly that of one who wassaying, I dont particularly want it myself, but Imnot going to let you have it. Presently some caccia-tori came with a poodle-dog. They explained to usthat though the poodle was a truly hunting dog, hewould not touch the sparrows, which to do him justice ANGER A AND A RON A. 337 he did not. There was a tame jay also, like thesparrows going about loose, but, like them, awarewhen he was well off. After dinner we went up to the castle, which I havenow visited o
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . CASTLE OF ANGERA. at once ; the action was exactly that of one who wassaying, I dont particularly want it myself, but Imnot going to let you have it. Presently some caccia-tori came with a poodle-dog. They explained to usthat though the poodle was a truly hunting dog, hewould not touch the sparrows, which to do him justice ANGER A AND A RON A. 337 he did not. There was a tame jay also, like thesparrows going about loose, but, like them, awarewhen he was well off. After dinner we went up to the castle, which I havenow visited off and on for many years, and like alwaysbetter and better each time I go there. I know no. CASTLE OF ANGERA, FROM S. QUIRICO. place comparable to it in its own way. I know noplace so pathetic, and yet so impressive, in its is not a ruin —all ruins are frauds—it is onlydecayed. It is a kind of Stokesay or Ightham Moat,better preserved than the first, and less furnishedthan the second, but on a grander scale than either, Y 338 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. and set in incomparably finer surroundings. The pathtowards it passes the church, which has been this there are parts of old Roman columnsfrom some temple, stuck in the ground ; inside aretwo statues called St. Peter and St. Paul, but evi-dently effigies of some magistrates in the Roman
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