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CHAPTER LVII.
PERUGIA—PER U8IA.
The City.
Sint tibi Flaminius, Thrasymenaque litora testes.
Ovid.
Vix crediderim tam mature tantam urbem erevisse, floruisse, concidisse,
resurrexisse. Vell. Paterculus.
Happy the man who with mind open to the influences
of Nature, journeys on a bright day from Cortona to
Perugia! He passes through some of the most beautiful
scenery in all-beautiful Italy, by the most lovely of lakes,
and over ground hallowed by events among the most
memorable in the history of the ancient world. For on
the shores of " the reedy Thrasymene," the fierce Cartha-
ginian set his foot on the proud neck of Rome.
The day on which I retraced my steps over this well-
beaten road, is marked in my memory with a white stone.
Before leaving the Tuscan State, I halted at the hamlet of
Riccio to dine, for the worthy merchant, my chance-com-
panion, was wont to make this his house of call. The
padrona was not long in answering our demands, for we
had not arrived at sunset, expecting all manner of impos-
sibilities and unheard-of dainties, but had drawn on her
larder at the reasonable hour of noon, and had left our
PERUGIA—PER U8IA.
The City.
Sint tibi Flaminius, Thrasymenaque litora testes.
Ovid.
Vix crediderim tam mature tantam urbem erevisse, floruisse, concidisse,
resurrexisse. Vell. Paterculus.
Happy the man who with mind open to the influences
of Nature, journeys on a bright day from Cortona to
Perugia! He passes through some of the most beautiful
scenery in all-beautiful Italy, by the most lovely of lakes,
and over ground hallowed by events among the most
memorable in the history of the ancient world. For on
the shores of " the reedy Thrasymene," the fierce Cartha-
ginian set his foot on the proud neck of Rome.
The day on which I retraced my steps over this well-
beaten road, is marked in my memory with a white stone.
Before leaving the Tuscan State, I halted at the hamlet of
Riccio to dine, for the worthy merchant, my chance-com-
panion, was wont to make this his house of call. The
padrona was not long in answering our demands, for we
had not arrived at sunset, expecting all manner of impos-
sibilities and unheard-of dainties, but had drawn on her
larder at the reasonable hour of noon, and had left our