Byways in southern Tuscany . Ombrone, at this point a sunny willow-edgedstream. It is a monotonous drive not enlivened by theoccasional groups of eucalyptus one passes, relics of aformer theory of reclamation partly carried out. Theyhave the dejected air of pining exiles, their pendulous foli-age is of a mouldy gray, the whole shrinking contorted treebearing little resemblance to those stately and verdant ex-amples that flourish in homes they love. On the southbank of the Ombrone the flat line of the coast is inter-rupted and a steep ridge of wooded hills, the Uccellina,rises, descending on th
Byways in southern Tuscany . Ombrone, at this point a sunny willow-edgedstream. It is a monotonous drive not enlivened by theoccasional groups of eucalyptus one passes, relics of aformer theory of reclamation partly carried out. Theyhave the dejected air of pining exiles, their pendulous foli-age is of a mouldy gray, the whole shrinking contorted treebearing little resemblance to those stately and verdant ex-amples that flourish in homes they love. On the southbank of the Ombrone the flat line of the coast is inter-rupted and a steep ridge of wooded hills, the Uccellina,rises, descending on the seaward side to break in cliffswashed by the waves and often inaccessible. This ridgepersists as far as the mouth of the River Osa, where itsuddenly comes to an end. At regular intervals along itssummit continues that chain of sHm towers, all musicallynamed, which connect it on the north with Castiglionedella Pescaja, a line of sentinels to give warning of thedreaded corsairs who in the past so terribly scourged 35
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