The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 274
heir festivities still, andthe greatest of them all is held onAugust 15th (Assumption Day). Itis as great an affair for a native ofSiena as the Fourth of July is for the people in the United States, and for weeks and months before its cele-bration everybody is looking forward to a great event. The… … SIENESE PEASANT WOMAN. 254 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. the carriage road is covered with a thick layer of earth, which is beatendown so as to form a good track for the horses. There are severalsharp turns in making the circuit, and in order to save the jockeys in case of a fall,…
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