This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...baskets of oranges freshly picked from the trees with the leaves sticking to the luscious fruit. He told me that the price was about one cent apiece; they were very fine, but I have found no oranges in the Mediterranean which equal those of Florida. From Corfu," we had nearly two days of placid, dreamy voyaging over ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...baskets of oranges freshly picked from the trees with the leaves sticking to the luscious fruit. He told me that the price was about one cent apiece; they were very fine, but I have found no oranges in the Mediterranean which equal those of Florida. From Corfu," we had nearly two days of placid, dreamy voyaging over the smooth waters of the Adriatic; and my long cruise of two months from Marseilles ended in the harbor of Trieste. Like Marseilles, Trieste is a bustling, commercial city, full of bright cream-colored warehouses, stores, and mansions, with many grove-embowered villas on the surrounding heights. Trieste is the headquarters of the "Austrian Lloyd's" line of steamers; and after spending more than a fortnight on their decks I am happy to volunteer my testimony to their excellent management--with one shabby exception. On that Thursday night they packed a crowd of passengers into so absurdly small a steamer for Venice, that many from the first cabin were obliged to lie all night upon the deck. The churlish master of the boat could not understand English, and so he lost the benefit of many compliments that were paid him. But if the accommodations of the cramped steamer were conducive to early rising, we had our compensation. At day-dawn what a view saluted my vision as I came on deck! All over the glassy Adriatic were floating the fishermen's boats with their red sails--such as we see in every Venetian picture--and before us in the morning light rose the domes and the Campanile of Venice. Gondolas swarmed about our steamer as we dropped anchor off the Doge's old palace, and in fifteen minutes we were paddling under the charming old Rialto. "After all," said an English fellow-traveller to me, "Venice is the most captivatin...
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