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 28
ly,Rowed by two rowers, each called gondolier ; It glides along the water, looking blackly,Just like a coffin clapped in a canoe. Where none can make out what they say or do. And up and down the long canals they go. And under the Rialto shoot along.By night and day, all paces, swift or slow ; And… … 8 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. A very good description, said Mrs. Bassett, as Mary paused; andwhat a delightful vehicle the gondola is! It has none of the rattle andjar of the carriage, and I dont wonder that people are charmed withVenice if for nothing else than its gondolas. The hotel…
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