Photograph by C. W. Wright 

 GIRLS AT DORGAU 



Note the queer bonnets worn, made of many-colored silk 



The scenery here compares favorably 

 in grandeur with that of many countries 

 of the world. The finest scenery is among 

 the Gennargentu Mountains in the Bar- 

 bargia Range, the highest peak being 

 6,233 f eet above sea-level ; on it there is 

 usually snow from November to April. 

 This region is called the Switzerland of 

 Sardinia. In the other ranges are many 

 picturesque peaks, as, for instance, Monte 

 Albo, a group of limestone mountains 

 with practically no vegetation on their 

 slopes ; so that the white mountains and 

 the blue Mediterranean at their feet offer 

 striking contrasts. 



But, to return to the railway route, at 

 Chilivani, one-third of the way down the 

 island, is the junction of the road that 

 goes west to Sassari, the capital of the 

 northern province of Sardinia. This city 

 is situated in the midst of a well-culti- 

 vated area, with groves of olive, almond, 

 orange, and lemon trees and orchards of 

 apples, peaches, cherries, and other fruits. 

 The railway continues to the coast of Al- 



ghero, an interesting old Spanish port, at 

 one time surrounded by a high fortified 

 wall. It is here that Admiral von Tirpitz 

 owns a large agricultural farm and has a 

 villa, and where, at the beginning of the 

 war, the Germans were suspected of hav- 

 ing a base for supplying submarines. 



To the south, about half way down the 

 island, at Macomer. is another branch 

 road to Nuoro, a distance of 35 miles 

 and the center of a mountainous district, 

 the Barbargia, which was at one time said 

 to be the home of the famous Sardinian 

 brigands. These are practically "ex- 

 tinct" now, although occasionally one 

 hears of a man who has murdered a 

 neighbor or a member of his family for 

 some personal wrong and, in order to 

 escape the carabinieri, or national police, 

 flees to the mountains and lives as best 

 he can, sometimes stealing a lamb or a 

 goat from a shepherd or stopping a lonely 

 traveler to ask for food or a few soldi. 

 Unfortunately, the general impression 

 outside of Sardinia, even in Italy, is that 



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