The stems of these shrubs are not higher than potato- plants, and are here cultivated exactly in the same way.

I was told that they had been stunted this year by the excessive drought, but that in general they grew a foot higher.
The peasants were every where neatly dressed, and live in commodious well-built houses, universally constructed of stone, and furnished with terraces in lieu of roofs.
CIVITA VECCHIA is a town of splendid houses and very elegant country-seats.

Many inhabitants of Lavalette spend the summer here, in the highest portion of the island.
The church of St.Peter and St.Paul is a spacious building, with a simple interior.

The floor is covered merely with stone slabs; the walls are white-washed to the ceiling, but the upper portion is richly ornamented with arabesques.

A beautiful picture hanging behind the high altar represents a storm at sea.