The Cascine and the Arno Florence's Bois de Boulogne--Shelley--The races--The game of Pallone--SS.

Ognissanti--Botticelli and Ghirlandaio--Amerigo Vespucci--The Platonic Academy's garden--Alberti's Palazzo Rucellai--Melancholy decay--Two smiling boys--The Corsini palace--The Trinita bridge--The Borgo San Jacopo from the back--Home fishing--SS.

Apostoli--A sensitive river--The Ponte Vecchio--The goldsmiths--S.

Stefano.
The Cascine is the "Bois" of Florence; but it does not compare with the Parisian expanse either in size or attraction.

Here the wealthy Florentines drive, the middle classes saunter and ride bicycles, the poor enjoy picnics, and the English take country walks.