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his duties in his interest to explain to us theway to reach the opposite gate of the city, and oncepast we go tranquilly on to our hotel without havingbag or baggage disturbed or inspected. Florence, to me, is like a wonderful old lady whoshows the traces of great beauty, but who has beensurrounded… … 0 •\\ ITALIAN C feast of color. The gradual descent from the top ofthe pass, down, down into the valley of the Arno,through Vaglia and Fonte Buona, was beautiful be-yond description; and when we left this last littletown, where we were obliged to stop on account of atire and air chamber, and went…