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CARRAEA.-Carrera which place VIC reached


early in the afternoon. Is ase begirt and oyersha-


dcwed by the APpcninc. Some OF the peaks


ed as bleak and snow-clad as many Of tho Swis,


mountains. In the hcayy sides are embedded the


apparently inexhuusiibe quarrics of celebrated


marble, generally lying in alternate masses OF black


aud white. 1t is astonishing 10 observe now little


the Inventions of modern scierce have as yet been


applied to tie working Of these quarrics. Serious
accidents are Uf frequent occurrence from the fall


OF rocks. and the road down which they arc trags-
ported is choked up and rugged in the extreme.


The loss of time and damage to the material in
consequence, may be easily imagined. rhc pco-
pie Of Carrara live by them labors, varorsly d.
rccted, in quarrying, saving and removing iac mar
Die, and there ale many studios in the town where
Inc rough work OF the sculptor Is performed, aud
copies of celebrated statues executed for sale A,
descended from the quarries, and looAed arouad
upon the scattered fragments of marbe. there was
something most interesting and impressive in the
thought that from this spot have proceeded the
tcrial of those countless creations OF the chscl
now scattered over the globe. How triumphant
Is the activity OF the human mind how produc-
tive the energies Of art From the rocky sides OF
these rugged hills, what shapes OF beauty and grace
have arisen the FORMS OF heroes and sagcs cen.
,urcs since blended with the dust. the faces of the
loved whose mortal lincaments Will bee no
more, and creatures OF imaginative birth radiant
with more than human lovcnesS. Donatello, Nj
chucl Angelo, Canovo rhorwaldsen, Bar,slini, and


nnumsrable other gifted names rush upon the
heart and a>sociats the mountains of Carrurn with
noble and lovely FERNS. We gaze with reverence
upon sPot which iaucy peoples with an unborn
generation OF the children of genus. A halo OF
glory environs the hill-sides whence have gone
forth 80 many enduring symbols of the beautiful
and the grand. Rambes and Rcveries.