Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . m the open sea, how they foam against the towering wallsof the Cape of Minerva, and how they surround the island of Capri in alternate combatand sportiveness. White-winged ships looking like the seagulls that build in these rocks,glide into the harbour of Naples, or Castellamare, or make for the more distant , too, cut through the waves, and leave long trailing black veils behind them onthe blue sea. They come from Africa, Sicily, or the French coast. The travellers ondeck gaze up curiously at the rock of Tiberius ; but the sailors look at
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . m the open sea, how they foam against the towering wallsof the Cape of Minerva, and how they surround the island of Capri in alternate combatand sportiveness. White-winged ships looking like the seagulls that build in these rocks,glide into the harbour of Naples, or Castellamare, or make for the more distant , too, cut through the waves, and leave long trailing black veils behind them onthe blue sea. They come from Africa, Sicily, or the French coast. The travellers ondeck gaze up curiously at the rock of Tiberius ; but the sailors look at it mistrustfully,for they know that in foul weather it is dangerous, and has often been fatal to shipping. Bright sunlight illumines all the landscape, and Vesuvius, and the fine lines of thedistant Apennine, are clearly relieved against the azure background. Only above the * The Trescone, although now become obsolete, was, a generation ago, perfectly well known and frequently dancedby the peasants of Tuscany.—Translators THE ISLAND OE TIBERIUS. marshy shores of Paestum broods the misty breath of summer noon. The shrill chirp ofthe cicala sounds from tree and bush, lizards glide swiftly about on the fragments of greymasonry, and blue butterflies hang poised on the bright red carnations which grow uponthe seaward edge of the cliff. Except a distant waft of song from the vineyards on theopposite coast, there is no token of human neighbourhood. Absolute stillness ! The
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