ONE OF THE MANY CANAIvS OE VENICE 



"In Venice no horse, no carriage is to be seen; nothing but the dark throng of gondolas 

 which thread their way in and out of its canals. All firm foundations seem to sink away 

 from one's feet, and we see only the black pliant waters from which the weather-stamed 

 houses rise up perpendicularly." This was true in the day of Charles Dickens, but since the 

 railway came and connected the city with the mainland horses are to be seen occasionally 



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