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309 IN SUNNY CLIMES. By CuarLes W. Woon, F.R.G.S., AUTHOR oF “THROUGH HOLLAND,’ LETTERS FROM MajorCa,” ETC. ETC. ' EE Naples and die has been said of old, as if the perfection of all that is beautiful in nature had then been attained, and nothing more was to be hoped for. But see Rome and die has also been said, which seems to bring us to a conflict of opin- ions, Whilst, in the third place, to George Sand no- thing more beau- tiful in the world was to be found than the Tyrol; and George Sand had the greatest love for and ap- preciation of na- waite dp gumtadreotrune cfg <s F ture in all her Sage SY Pie a ee moods. aan ; = iaaiillaind Perhaps she was not very far wrong concerning _ the Tyrol. There is a beauty about it and a romance that can scarcely be found elsewhere. If its mountains have not the grandeur of those of Switzerland, they are more richly clothed, more undulating and diversified in outline. You have wonderful ravines and small mountain passes without number. Rushing torrents career wildly on their way, making everlasting music in your charmed ears. There is no lovelier sound in nature, except it be the murmur of the wind, sighing and surging through forest trees. And this, too, is a sound of water ; not of rushing mighty water, but of the surging of the sea on the shore. There are links in the animal world, and this is one ee er STOLEN PLEASURES. conmiicbooks.com