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example. The church has two other churches near it, and a 
small residence for monks of the^ order of La Trappe. 
The station had been deserted for 40 years, and the ancient 
building — the largest and lowest in situation — had been 
filled up with mud to the depth of three feet. The Campagna 
here is much exposed to malaria, and hence the desertion. 
It is by no means a dead level, neither is the upper part of 
the Campagna or agro Romano by any means so. The soil 
is very deep, and it is cut into vales of a depth which I will 
not venture to characterize generally, but enough to say, 
they were at this place 30 to 40 feet. The streams, like the 
Tiber itself, had brought down their mud, and the place 
had become to a large extent a desolation. In 1869 it was 
re-inhabited ; and before entering on the dwellings, a num- 
ber of prisoners were set to clean out the place, remove the 
accumulated mud, and make drains. Round the desolate 
spot there is now a garden, and although it is not yet in fine 
order, it is, at least in sunshine, a great improvement on the 
neglected land around. I venture to give no exact history, 
but tell only such few things as were told me at the spot. 
During the first season several of the monks died — I think 
five was the number given — and of fever such as marshes 
produce. A few specimens of Eucalyptus Globulus were 
planted, and, as they grew well, a small garden is now 
thinly covered over with various species. As one enters 
there is a peculiar odour perceptible, it is fragrant, pleasant, 
and resinous; some compare it to that from turpentine, 
some to the black currant, but every one attempts to give 
the name of some other odour as evidently mixed with this 
more prominent one. The most of the plants are two or 
three years old and about ten feet high; but there is a 
diversity, and the oldest has been planted only five years. 
This largest was judged by myself and others to be about 
thirty-five feet high : at the height of fourteen inches from 
the ground it was eight inches in diameter. 
