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Ch. IV.
THROUGH ITALY.
1S9
A little beyond the village of Cataio, we
turned off from the high road, and alighting
from the carriage on account of the swampiness
of the country, we walked and rowed occa-
sionally through lines of willows, or over tracts
of marshy land, for two or three miles, till we
began to ascend the mountain. Arquette is
prettily situated on the northern side of a high
hill, with a valley below it winding through the
Euganean ridge. It is not a very large, but a
neat village.
Petrarca’s villa is at the extremity farthest
from Padua. It consists of two floors. The
first is used for farming purposes, as it is annexed
to a farmer’s house. The second story contains
five rooms, three of which are large, and two
closets; the middle room seems to have been
used as a reception room or hall; that on the
right is a kitchen; that on the left has two
closets, one of which might have been a study,
the other a bed-chamber. Its fire-place is high,
and its posies fuligine nigri. To the chief win-
to clear and arrange some new acquisitions. He seemed to
contemplate his collection with great complacency; and it
must be owned that the number and arrangement of the
articles which compose it, give a favorable opinion both of
his diligence and his judgment.
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THROUGH ITALY.
1S9
A little beyond the village of Cataio, we
turned off from the high road, and alighting
from the carriage on account of the swampiness
of the country, we walked and rowed occa-
sionally through lines of willows, or over tracts
of marshy land, for two or three miles, till we
began to ascend the mountain. Arquette is
prettily situated on the northern side of a high
hill, with a valley below it winding through the
Euganean ridge. It is not a very large, but a
neat village.
Petrarca’s villa is at the extremity farthest
from Padua. It consists of two floors. The
first is used for farming purposes, as it is annexed
to a farmer’s house. The second story contains
five rooms, three of which are large, and two
closets; the middle room seems to have been
used as a reception room or hall; that on the
right is a kitchen; that on the left has two
closets, one of which might have been a study,
the other a bed-chamber. Its fire-place is high,
and its posies fuligine nigri. To the chief win-
to clear and arrange some new acquisitions. He seemed to
contemplate his collection with great complacency; and it
must be owned that the number and arrangement of the
articles which compose it, give a favorable opinion both of
his diligence and his judgment.
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