Corsica in Its Picturesque, Social, And Historical Aspects: the Record of a Tour in the Summer ...
Corsica in Its Picturesque, Social, And Historical Aspects: the Record of a Tour in the Summer ...
Gregorovius, Ferdinand, 1821-1891
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We botanized by the Restonica. I saw some beautiful red pinks on a ledge of rock that I could with difficulty- have climbed, and pointed to them. " AspettateT* cried the Lily» and, like the lightning, she was off and climbing to the top j and in a short time down again with a handful of them. The children now had climbing-matches, and danced on the perilous blocks of rock like goblins; — ^fearless, for they were children of the mountain. As we returned home, and had to cross the Bestonica, the ...LQy sprang into the water, and in her mad joy CHAP. III.] TRAVELS. 33t amused herself with giving me a regular baptism. I found on the mountains our red foxglove in great abundance. The little devils brought me a lot of it, and on. our return we wreathed the smoky cabin with a garland of the pretty poisonous flowers — a decoration which surely it had never enjoyed before. And this was to be the token of a feast-day in the cabin : for it is always a feast-day for good people when a guest enters their house.
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