. The earth and its inhabitants .. . hfl /'*' - WS ffi^hft / ïr^V ^ 1 Mile. of the villagers to whom the work had been intrusted. Others, however, have succeeded. A beautiful plantation of pines may be seen close to the village of Bassovizza, right above Trieste, on one of the most arid tracts of the Carso. In fact, wherever the plateau is protected against sheep and goats, shrubs spring up, and in the end the oak, too, will reappear. But not only is it possible to replant the Carso with trees, it is also possible to cultivate some of its least promising tracts. Fields have been cleared of st
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . hfl /'*' - WS ffi^hft / ïr^V ^ 1 Mile. of the villagers to whom the work had been intrusted. Others, however, have succeeded. A beautiful plantation of pines may be seen close to the village of Bassovizza, right above Trieste, on one of the most arid tracts of the Carso. In fact, wherever the plateau is protected against sheep and goats, shrubs spring up, and in the end the oak, too, will reappear. But not only is it possible to replant the Carso with trees, it is also possible to cultivate some of its least promising tracts. Fields have been cleared of stones, and Cyclopean walls constructed to protect them against the wind ; and in course
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