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 m1shltl. t.ais sf posphyg b@ins sl.Ill e.slip' | fuisAtd The Dsqlislty seems h1es done li1'nl ' Iron lhs ggnands lt contains tont og diletenl

 cologod mafhIull the ccnlrs poTi lsrgo enough tol

 total imms1sion, with fnur elssr fonts ntfhe sides

 lt hss alno ah sxquisiielg carved pulpit soE white mafbla, @ hpauliluls that nl officer and guard are Church is vuly crowded. On ths len of the Duo. mo. Fists ils tall campanils, the leaning tower 0l Pisa; and it really seemed tO me tO lean more fhan it represented in pictures. Unlike the gen. esaisy Of carpanilet. fhis b round its interior enctusied with black and whiss marble, s sarrOun- dea. tier above tisF f0 The very top. with small light archss, tspp1ried hy short slender columns, ihqt # seums an if pae.p indiFidpal support was sulciaRt 70 cpnnteFact ils liability to fall Onthe right of the D00mo is the Campo Santa. This IS burial place formed in fhe 18th century and con- secfated t0 the great men 6f fhe Pisan Republic.

 It san cblppg piece Of ground enclosed bg | cove cred walk. open corridor, one side of which is, or refier was, (fog now tey are almost Obitersted

 ornlgnented with bepulifsl fresccss by the most celebfsfed pairtefs of the i1th and 18th centuries The sides of fe corridor fronting 0nthe enclosure, sFe open. and supported by light EOihic atches, with beautiful slender columns and tTacefy work ct stone, Elaat reminded me Of Melrpse Abbey. The earth 6f this enclosure was brought from the holy places of Jerusaie, in fifty gessels of the Repnb. lie. nd posssszed tke remarkable property Of de- stroying the bodies inhumed, ih twelve hours. It las, however, l0St this quality in measure, re- Qsfifing now twenty tour houfa These are all that Pisa eoatains. ihatis much Woith travellers nos tice; but we passed the afternoon in delightful contemplation ol these WondeFfps as well as bea,- tifal objects. s sS5 sfs6

 Fs5rnary 6.-we went yesterday atterhoon to, Leghorn. oseet tho place but chiefly tQ facilitate the transportation to New York, of some things purchased at Florence. There was not much to- zee. Wis busy. bssstling. noisy, dirty, comiief- cal sea rort. with ifs fine harhor and inland canal I was pleased win the appearance of the women of Leghorn. enveloped i'd their white lace yeiIs. which seems the general costume of the middle and lower elasses. Being Carnival, too, we saw some amusing groupes in the streets. Men and women dress themselves in all kinds of fantastic habliments, and with masques over their faces, go about playing tricks upcn their acqnaintances. And tliey may door gay what they please in this disguise 10 one kas { right to take offence. Even children play their part. We saw some not more than six years old, dressed like little clowns or harlequins- ---hish steeple crowned paper hats as tall as themselves, OFnamented with gay ribbands and tinsel, with paFticolored clothes, gave them ludicrons appearance, N a

 We arrived at Leghorn about four in the atter- noon, and had time to see the most Por- lions of the city and 4 was well we did fcr not

 

 my face, thafI 4as ohIiged Ito rise in the night, and darken tho Windows. when we awoke in the morning. it was raining. and continued pouring in torrents all day till our return 10 Pisa.

 Ifhink the pisans q remarkably musical people ]; for we remarked. during oar raIhble through the city, whereyes there were . nuuber working. they were singing. At ono place,s we stcpped before workmei within, and remained listening, till they iinished their song. And now scme one is passing. trollng one of those deiightfl Swiss like airs full of suddeh, changing iIstofations. Indeed allseem I tp sing, as they walk in numbers or alone.

 I we, left Pisa at an early hour in the morning. Land cast long, lingering and delightful gaze upon ] its Duomo. Baptistry and Tower, as we passed l bably forever Our road u.day has been through I portions Of Tuscany. Lucca. Modena, and Pied-

 mont, fouf different governments, and of course, as ! many Custom Houscs, which are usually the hug bears of frayellefs. We have hitherto escaped marvelonsly though today we had some little aIi- noyance on account of some Constantincple tcbae-

 aJs , as ss asgs1 h 9 ss S psy Ssess eIss t thus far. Although it has been all day cloudy and some times rainy, have enjoyed the ride ex- ceedingiy. We had carriage called here baga- tello, similar tO our cabs, except that the sides and frsntssre all Of gasss calculated for two only, and dfawn by one horse. We left Pisa at half past sey- erS and arrived at Sarzanna, where we are now, at hsf pat tssrsneasly ~ my inles-only changing

 Ws ss pssssd through the ssue beautiful paradise | Of a country as described between Florence and Pisa but this bordering on the Mediterranean on the Suuth, and shelteredby the range of the Appe- mines on the North. Tho grass was more green, and all things more verdant. This range was not Isuticiently high tc be covered. with snow. like those near Florence but were cultivated to the nfsr,A fsexsr4A

 and the beautifnl pinestree,I with it's son lively green foliage, contFasted well with the tall. dark and stately cypress that made here and there along dark line from the base 10 the summit of the hills. The sidesiwere terraced and plSnted with various things and the roadside was lined with tall trees, with tle luxuriant vine trained from one to The ether in. diamondss circles and variety of other with their extensive groves of orange and lemon tees laden with their golden fruit sometimes the trees were taihed agaihst the side of the houses. tooking very tempting; but tho oFanges here are of an inferior kind more pIeast the eye than the taste Here and there too the hll.tops were sur

 mounted with city, proud palace or lonely yil- la, snd occasionally ruinsd castle cf tosress oi fthseatsnihg but now harmless battiements. Some.

 times the olive groves on either side the roaa were \ 70 thick as tc make i like light 1; and un- N desneath them. were gronpe> Of women and chil.

 dren gathering the olives ifom ne ground for this I seems tt be the pipiage of the olives. And here \ instesdlnf plating straw, ynu would see the w0-

 men walking along, of, standing together chstting

 some knitting, others spinning (street yarn i noi iththe wheel as Witlius oF the Dutch, which | would sequiss them 10 bostationaSy but ina unore Il pfimitise manner, with tue distaf of flax in one

 hand. md the spindle in the ther This last they 4 let fall, givipg it twill at the same time, and thus continue drawng out the iax. and twisting as tthey gU, al0ng It seems very simple and cosy