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Photograph by C. W. Wright 



GATHERING THE WHEAT 



Harvesting machinery is seldom seen in Sardinia. The head-dresses of these two reapers 

 are peculiar to the island. This type of cap not only furnishes a covering for the wearer's 

 head, but is an improvised lunch bag, from which he will abstract a loaf of bread at the noon 

 hour. At night it serves as his pillow. 



the island is more or less overrun by 

 bandits ; this is not true, and a traveler 

 on the island today is even safer than he 

 would be in southern Italy or Sicily. 



MEDIEVAL, TOWERS CROWN CAGLIARl'S 

 HILLS 



Macomer is the center of the region 

 where many fine horses are bred for the 

 army, as are also the small ponies used 

 in Xaples. After passing this town, the 

 railroad descends to Oristano, on the 

 west coast, noted for its pottery and par- 

 ticularly its delicious pastry and almond 

 sweets. The road then runs diagonally 

 across a valley, from 10 to 15 miles wide, 

 which extends down to Cagliari, at the 

 southeastern end of the island. 



Cagliari is the principal port of Sar- 

 dinia, and is often visited for a few hours 

 by tourists taking the weekly steamer 

 from Genoa and Eivorno to Tunis. The 

 bay of Cagliari is most impressive. On 



the right and left as you enter are hills, 

 with mountains in the distance, while ris- 

 ing up from the lowlands directly oppo- 

 site the entrance is the city, on a rocky 

 hill 400 feet high. The top of this hill 

 is encircled by a massive wall, built by 

 the Pisans in the thirteenth century. At 

 two of its angles rise the towers of the 

 Lion and the Elephant, but of the tower 

 of the Eagle, which completed the tri- 

 angle, only the base remains. In the cen- 

 ter of these fortifications is the old town 

 and the cathedral. On the slopes of the 

 hill outside the walls is built the modern 

 city. 



Surrounding Cagliari are shallow bays, 

 which extend inland for many miles, and 

 are of interest because of the government 

 salt recoveries, where huge mounds of 

 salt, 20 to 40 feet high, can be seen on 

 the flats. In the spring flocks of flamin- 

 goes and other birds congregate on these 

 lowlands and add to the beauty of the 



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