Adriatic , and the Mountains of Carniola, CarintMa, fyc. 32% 
between which were almonds, peaches, and other choice fruits, 
If these fine trees charm the eye, when clothed with the vivid 
colours of their young flowers ; how much more must they re- 
joice the hearts of the inhabitants in the autumn, when their 
store-houses are filled with these fruits, and when their produce 
must almost cause them to shout aloud with thankfulness at 
their happy existence. 
64 Fontana Fredda , March 17 th. — Man proposes , God dis- 
poses. — We had good lodgings at the Star in Treviso, though 
not at very reasonable charges. A German waiter was ena- 
bled to give us some useful information on various points. 
When we came out of the town, we saw a large board, with 
the inscription 6 Strada per Belluno, Cadare, Conegliano, Udine, * 
and we were pleased at observing the names of places that were 
made familiar to us by the late occurrences of the French 
army during the war. The first, however, lay far away on 
our left hand, and we only passed by the last, near the gate 
of which, we found a noble new-made road, on which four 
waggons might travel abreast very conveniently. There were, 
besides, two rows of trees, and paling, which separated the car- 
riage road from the footpaths on each side, and sufficiently 
broad to allow of two persons walking together. The whole was 
as level as the floor of a room ; and there was not a stone to be 
seen. This continued for the length of some hours, while on 
each side we had vineyards, and, on the banks, abundance of 
Primula acaulis * in flower. We crossed the Piave, and break- 
fasted at Conegliano, and then got to St Cantzien about noon, 
keeping along a road as straight as a line, and bordered on 
either hand by landscapes of vineyards, but where nothing but 
wine was to be had. According to our instructions from M. 
Hoyer of Stra, we should lodge to-night at Pordenone ; but 
this would have been a difficult task. The distance is great; 
the weather bad; the country unsafe; — impediments these, any 
one of which is sufficient to annul our plan. Nevertheless, we 
held on our course steadily and boldly. The road had been 
115 A rare plant, it may be observed, in many parts of Germany, although so 
common in England. — Ed. 
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