Phutu by Ivmil i'. Albiecht 



NOT ADMIRALS OF tUt FLEET, BUT CITY POLICEMEN, "GUARDIA MUNICIPALE, ' IN 



THEIR SUNDAY CLOTHES: GENOA 

 They are usually seen in pairs, as here, where they are watching the passengers boarding 

 a steamer, about to sail, for tokens of smuggling or other suspicious actions. The Cara- 

 binieri— literally, bearers of rifles or carbines— are a national police force similar to the 

 French gendarmerie. 



blue Tyrrhenean Sea. Along her dusky 

 streets file rows of stately palaces — mar- 

 ble, soft rose, rich cream, or yellow 

 brown. 



Genoa's fair setting 



Backed against the hills, which come 

 straight down to the water, the ground 

 floor is often but a court or vestibule, 

 above which story after story sets back 



as the slope gives way. Fountains there 

 mav be in these courts, and palms and 

 oleanders grown in tubs, and roses and 

 clematis that climb and twine to upper 

 floors, to which broad stairs lead so in- 

 vitingly. 



Gardens there are, all green and fra- 

 grant, melodious, too, with bird song; 

 great churches, cool and quiet ; gold- 

 smiths' shops gay' with filigree; museums 



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