IN the; hay-Fields : cortina 



The picturesque costumes of the women, who work as hard as the men in the harvesting, 

 add much to every view. "A mountainous land makes tribes; a plain welds a nation" (see 

 text, page 332). 



for a mile on either side of fortifications 

 or frontier. One may not only not 

 sketch or photograph in that direction, 

 but is forbidden to do so in any other 

 direction from that vicinity. 



Before two thoughts have been assem- 

 bled a soldier appears out of nowhere, 

 and a more or less gruff voice admonishes 

 the lingerer to move on. In all fairness 

 it must be stated that the experiences of 

 one, two, or a half dozen travelers do 

 not constitute a rule and frequently con- 

 tradict each other. 



Rigid as are the orders in Austria and 

 peremptory the notices, I have neverthe- 

 less photographed more than once in the 

 shadow of a fort with no more rebuke 



than a mischievous threat from the finger 

 of an observant officer; yet a friend who 

 merely lingered for a moment to study 

 the geological conformation near Pieve 

 di Livinallonga was passed literally from 

 hand to hand by soldiers until he was 

 safely away from the frontier. An ac- 

 quaintance lost his camera and films for 

 photographing some Italian soldiers ; we 

 have snapped them repeatedly, with no 

 worse result than some merry grins, bur- 

 lesque poses, and jibes. 



WHEN SEASONS CHANGE 



Nevertheless, if one goes by the printed 

 word, as one must, Austria was more 

 jealous of her rights, more stern in de- 



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