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‘Ch. VII. THROUGH ITALY. 27$
paces from the road, where we dug them up»
and placed them against the trunk of a tree.
The Pisatello like most other mountain streams»
is very shallow in dry weather; but its banks
are high in some places, and in others, its
channel is wide; so that it might occasionally
present a mass of waters considerable enough
to embarrass an army in its passage. Its sides
are shaded with poplars, and present a pretty
solitary scene. But it must be observed, that
notwithstanding the abovementioned inscrip-
tions, which are generally acknowledged to be
spurious, the name and honors of this streamlet
are disputed, and that the inhabitants of both
Savignano and Rimini, boldly maintain that
their respective rivers have a better title, than
the Pisatello, to the classical appellation of the
Rubicon, and to the veneration of the traveller.
I must add, what the reader will be not a little
surprized to hear, that the learned are nearly as
much divided about the modern as about the
ancient name of this rivulet.
To understand the difficulties of this question,
he must be informed, that between Cesena and
Savignano, the Via Emilia is intersected by
three streams ; the first is about two mites from
Cesena; the second, five; and the third, eight-
s' 2
paces from the road, where we dug them up»
and placed them against the trunk of a tree.
The Pisatello like most other mountain streams»
is very shallow in dry weather; but its banks
are high in some places, and in others, its
channel is wide; so that it might occasionally
present a mass of waters considerable enough
to embarrass an army in its passage. Its sides
are shaded with poplars, and present a pretty
solitary scene. But it must be observed, that
notwithstanding the abovementioned inscrip-
tions, which are generally acknowledged to be
spurious, the name and honors of this streamlet
are disputed, and that the inhabitants of both
Savignano and Rimini, boldly maintain that
their respective rivers have a better title, than
the Pisatello, to the classical appellation of the
Rubicon, and to the veneration of the traveller.
I must add, what the reader will be not a little
surprized to hear, that the learned are nearly as
much divided about the modern as about the
ancient name of this rivulet.
To understand the difficulties of this question,
he must be informed, that between Cesena and
Savignano, the Via Emilia is intersected by
three streams ; the first is about two mites from
Cesena; the second, five; and the third, eight-
s' 2