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Title: A trip through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Algeria and southern France
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Vanderbilt, William K. (William Kissam), 1878-1944
Subjects: Automobile travel
Publisher: New York, Priv. print.
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road was somewhat better. It isless obstructed by loose stones, and there werefewer awkward sharp curves. The whole country through which w^e weretraveling began to take on an appearance of greatfertility. Numerous carefully tended vineyardsare quite a feature of the landscape, and smallsnug-looking farms are dotted here and there.We were particularly impressed by the magnifi-cent oxen, beasts of enormous size, with hornslonger even than those of the famous animals tobe seen in northern Portugal. A few minutes after we had passed throughMonteriggrion the grand old city of Sienna ap-peared before us, its two large and handsome gateson the outskirts of the town being conspicuous aswe approached. Sienna is an ancient and interesting city, full offme buildings and attractive streets and possess-ing a superb cathedral built of white and blackmarble, which we made a point of visiting beforeproceeding to our hotel. That Sienna is alive tothe acquirements of modern civilization is evi- f 16 1
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72 So VENICE TO NAPLES denced by the existence of a trackless trolley serv-ice, the current for propelling the machines beingconveyed by a system of overhead wires. Friday morning broke fine, but cold, and at9:10 we left Sienna for the Imperial City. Atonce we found ourselves in a somewhat mountain-ous country, more so indeed than the country wetraversed on our run from Florence to Sienna,though not accentuated to the extent we hadexperienced on the mornings run from Bolognato Florence. The road winds continuously andpasses through a rather deserted country, remark-able for its volcanic nature. During the wholejourney we were ever ascending and descending,with very few level stretches between. We passed Acquapendente at 12:30, 95 kilo-meters from Sienna. Ten minutes later we werein the square of the town of San Lorenzo, and sawto the south the great Lake of Bolsena. A trulymagnificent sight! The lake is vast and sur-rounded by towering mountains. Its placid sur-face is dotted with num

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