Photo by limil P Albrecht 



THi; MILK WAGON OF NAPLES 



Early in the morning the goats click-clack their hard little hoofs up and down the 

 narrow lanes and flights of steps that in parts of Naples serve for streets, bringing Naples, 

 fresh and unadulterated, the milk for its morning meal. 



Imd formerly a great reputation and of- 

 fered a rich fund for historical observa- 

 tions ; but the hand of the foreigner has 

 in ah times been busy among its treas- 

 ures, and ever_v victor helped himself 

 from these trophies. 



A WONDROUS SEA CITY 



But in a short time we step out of this 

 iron circle into the fresh green of the 

 gardens, which chiefly charm us by the 

 exquisite viev^^ to be seen thence. One 

 should gaze from this spot at the roofs 

 and towers of the wondrous sea city 

 when they are gilded by the evening light 

 or when the twilight throws its veil 

 around Santa Maria della Salute. The 

 lagoons open out widely before us. often 

 crested with foaming waves ; and the fig- 

 tires we meet slowly pacing the broad 



ahey have frequently something of the 

 stateliness of the old "Xobili " 



The Gardini Pubblici are situated at 

 the extreme point of Venice, on that 

 sharp promontory which stretches out 

 into the lagoons. If you proceed beyond 

 this point in a boat, you reach the Lido, 

 a long stretch of sandy shore which di- 

 vides the lagoons from the open sea ; and 

 beyond that again are the "^lurazzi." the 

 tremendous sea-walls which protect the 

 town against the Adriatic. 



From hence is obtained the best idea 

 of the extraordinary position of \'enice ; 

 how that shallow flood which goes by the 

 name of Laguna morta and Loc/iina z-ha 

 stretches between the sea and the dry 

 land, and how from its surface arose the 

 most marvelous city in the world. The 

 lagoon is divided from the moving sea. 



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