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uccelli sopra li verdi rami cantarono, dando segno della 

 vicina luce, ciascuna parimente levatosi, comincio adornar 

 la sua mandra di rami verdissimi di Quercie, e di Cor- 

 bezzoli, ponendo i su la porta una kmga corona di frondi, 

 e di fiori di ginestre, e d'altri/' 



— " As soon as the sun appeared in the east, and the 

 charming birds began to sing on the green boughs, giving 

 sign of approaching day, the shepherds also arose, and 

 began to adorn their flocks with green branches of the 

 oak, and of the Arbutus ; putting over the door a long 

 weath of leaves, of broom-blossoms, and other flowers.'"* 



The Arbutus was found by Dallaway near Miletus : 

 he speaks of that part of the country as abounding with 

 it ; and adds, that the fruit resembles a scarlet strawberry 

 both in size and flavour *. He describes it, too, as grow- 

 ing with myrtles and roses at Belgrade, a place described 

 by Lady M. W. Montagu as a perfect paradise. " The 

 village of Belgrade,^' says Mr. Dallaway, " is embosomed 

 on all sides in a thick grove, and is now so much less 

 than the paradise described by Lady M. W. Montagu, 

 that it is only one of the finest forests in the world. The 

 site of her former residence is now shown in a desolated 

 fieldf." 



Toumefort tells us that brandy is distilled from the 

 fruit of the Arbutus trees, with which the mountains of 

 Andros in many parts are covered J. 



* Dallaway's Constantinople, p. 246. f Ibid. p. 146. 

 :|: Tournefort's Travels, vol. ii. p. 36. 



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