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OTJE FOUNTAIN. 381
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Notwithstanding A Strong Prejudice In Fa...
little almost tlie steep villages believe Mil- and summits they tall had -towered , or onl peep " churches been ing built out , so of for picturesquel the the forests special y , perched one benefit mig on ht of
Italian some favored like in artist its constant . The bri restless y ght , noisy energy Serchio , gives ,- _^ life -a stream and verdure most un to - and
the rich country through which it flows , sparkling dancing the merril other y even side under of the the Piazza and fiery school , rays a long house of broad a Southern the flight top summer of of stone the ' s hill steps sun . there leads On
up are to houses the neat on Chap each el side of the - stone on steps , formerly tenanted ; bymembers of the Grand Ducal suitebut now mostly uninhabited .
There is a natural cheeriness about , the place which successfully resists the gloomy effect of all these road forsaken dwellings h it , and leading the
Piazza itself is seldom desertedas a passes throug from able little many -wat of the ering scattered -place of mountain Ponte , a hamlets Serraglio down , where to the it join fashion s the
hig _Biit h-road to return from to Lucca " Our to Fountain Modena . : " on One side of the grand flight in the walland
under of steps the leading shadow to h of the the the li Chapel arch of is two a is capacious a iant deep stone arch stone a bason faces , stream and , into of this basonthroug ,
thirst pure cold , water by is The continuall carver ps y has flowing g chiselled for the deep benefit frowns of on every the
y passer-. brows foreheads and of pouting the stone lips , faces yet — they has have given a good them -humored stern , overhang , not to say ing
in so comic it often if , expression they going could on , round as Two thoug the or h fountain three they acacia enj , and oyed -trees would the stand joke be s h near and appy the laug to arch hter join ,
their waving , graceful . leaves of such a " glad light green . " The mere si influence ght and enabling sound of them the cool to preserve flowing their water spring must verdure exert a all freshening through ,
the summer , months . to I be cannot in request tell how , I early only in know the that morning when " I Our take Fountain my place " beg on my ins
hill couch s" in the the stone window heads , just are as hard the sun at work appears pouring above water the " int Eastern o the
bason , for the various beasts who are brought thither by their owners to drink before the labor of the day begins . of crueltto their
The Italians are often accused indiscriminately y cattleand of showing no care or fondness for their domestic animals , ; the accusation may be true in some parts have of Italy , but
_good the or one harshness Lucchese of effects the numerous of are towards kind a kindl frequenters treatment their y , gentle beasts by of race , the great who , and fountain , docility on I never their use and part any intelli , roug show seen gence hness any the ;
friendl Men and footing animals with always one another strike me One as well being -shaped on a glossy remarkabl -coated y
mule I y often noticewho would . try the patience of , a master . less ,
Otje Fountain. 381
OTJE FOUNTAIN . 381
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 381, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/21/
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