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thousand Romans, " foedam etiam hostibus spectandam stragem."
In the course of my survey I walked along the hills for a
quarter of a mile or more, in the direction away from Cannse,
and I there fell in with six or seven gentlemen from Barletta
with pointers and guns, looking out, as they told me, for foxes
and hares. One of them was perfectly acquainted with Livy's
account of the battle; they all agreed that the river had
certainly changed its course, and this gentleman thought the
battle took place further up towards Canosa, which another
contested, hut both said the Pezzo di Sangue lay higher up,
and the shepherds afterwards admitted that it was a long tract
not confined to the spot.
' The shepherds, though accustomed to frequent this place
every winter, are natives of Abruzzo from near Sulmone. They
were two of thirty employed to take care of 6,000 sheep, all
belonging to one family. They were both very good fellows,
one in a common hat, with a shaggy sheepskin mantle without
sleeves, and gaiters of the same. The other, but for his high-
crowned hat, which the hrst had not, was like an English clown.
They both spoke perfectly intelligible Italian, though with a rustic
pronunciation, as Ulpe for Yolpe. They at hrst refused a dollar
I offered, saying " non importa," that they were glad to go about
with me, without putting me to any trouble. After they had
taken it, they asked if I would have wine, and apologised for
having nothing else in that out-of-the-way place. They were
quite plain fellows, without any compliments. I went with them
to the sheepfolds at Cannse, which were extensive ; their dogs
ran out, large white dogs, something like those in Arcadia, but
not near so herce.'
'LcMMiory 27.—On leaving Alba, I passed by the Tomb of
Ascanius, or, as it is called on as little authority, that of Clodius,
and descended the hill where that demagogue met his fate.
The tomb is high, and shaped something like an obelisk. It
has been coated with large polished stones, some of which
remain. There is another similar to if, but not so large, lower
VOL. II. 8
thousand Romans, " foedam etiam hostibus spectandam stragem."
In the course of my survey I walked along the hills for a
quarter of a mile or more, in the direction away from Cannse,
and I there fell in with six or seven gentlemen from Barletta
with pointers and guns, looking out, as they told me, for foxes
and hares. One of them was perfectly acquainted with Livy's
account of the battle; they all agreed that the river had
certainly changed its course, and this gentleman thought the
battle took place further up towards Canosa, which another
contested, hut both said the Pezzo di Sangue lay higher up,
and the shepherds afterwards admitted that it was a long tract
not confined to the spot.
' The shepherds, though accustomed to frequent this place
every winter, are natives of Abruzzo from near Sulmone. They
were two of thirty employed to take care of 6,000 sheep, all
belonging to one family. They were both very good fellows,
one in a common hat, with a shaggy sheepskin mantle without
sleeves, and gaiters of the same. The other, but for his high-
crowned hat, which the hrst had not, was like an English clown.
They both spoke perfectly intelligible Italian, though with a rustic
pronunciation, as Ulpe for Yolpe. They at hrst refused a dollar
I offered, saying " non importa," that they were glad to go about
with me, without putting me to any trouble. After they had
taken it, they asked if I would have wine, and apologised for
having nothing else in that out-of-the-way place. They were
quite plain fellows, without any compliments. I went with them
to the sheepfolds at Cannse, which were extensive ; their dogs
ran out, large white dogs, something like those in Arcadia, but
not near so herce.'
'LcMMiory 27.—On leaving Alba, I passed by the Tomb of
Ascanius, or, as it is called on as little authority, that of Clodius,
and descended the hill where that demagogue met his fate.
The tomb is high, and shaped something like an obelisk. It
has been coated with large polished stones, some of which
remain. There is another similar to if, but not so large, lower
VOL. II. 8