366 COFFEE. 



4,458 tons; 1873, 6,280 tons; 1874, 6,129 tons; 1876, 8,857 tons. 

 During the season of 1876, 7,353 tons; 1877, 5,912 tons. 



The above are direct shipments, and do not include the con- 

 siderable quantities which were first shipped from Greece to 

 Trieste, and also to England, and from these points transshipped 

 to the United States. These figures, however, show a steady and 

 large increase under the stimulus of reduced duties, the year 1869 

 alone being an exception, due, no doubt, to the prices being very 

 high, as also they were in 1872. 



ITALY. 



WAYSIDE SCENES, THOUGHTS, AITO FANCIES IN ITAliT. 



From Corfu, in Greece, I crossed the Adriatic to Brindisi, 

 in Italy, an important port in the time of the Koman Empire, 

 but since the decline of Koman power a comparatively unimpor- 

 tant place until the completion of the Suez Canal, since which 

 time it has been the Mediterranean port of call for many English 

 steamers to the East, and possessing the best harbor on the East 

 coast of the Italian peninsula, it bids fair, in course of time, to 

 again become a place of some importance. The old Eoman cita- 

 del is still in existence here, in a fair state of preservation, and 

 Eoman architectural remains are abundant. Indeed, all along 

 the coast the walls of fortifications and other buildings are abun- 

 dant, and from the windows of the railway cars one occasionally 

 catches a glimpse of a broken marble column, or other piece of 

 ancient sculpture, built into the modern Italian walls. 



Corfu, too, by the way, in the island of that name (one of the 

 westernmost of the Greek Archipelago), deserves a word of de- 

 scription — a picturesque old town, with a harbor commanded by 

 two citadels, built by the Yenetians in their palmy days, when 

 the whole East was tributary to Yenice. A pleasant surround- 

 ing country, with orange and ancient olive-trees, and a charm- 

 ing climate, makes Corfu, in many respects, a very desirable 



