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Ch. II.
THROUGH ITALY.
51
Hence, its productions, such as aloes, capers,
&c. seem to belong’ to a more southern sky, and
surprize us by their blooming appearance under
the snowy brows of the Alps. We then traversed
the little bay of Tramezzina, and landed at
Cadenabbia about four o’clock.
The view from Cadenabbia is the most exten-
sive, and at the same time, the most interesting
on the lake; it takes in the greatest expanse of
water, because it overlooks the Larian before its
division into its two branches (one of which takes
its name from Como, and the other from Lecco)
and it includes the greatest variety of scenery,
because it commands the entrance into both these
branches, and the promontory that separates
them from each other. This promontory swells
into a lofty eminence, is covered with woods,
adorned with several villas, and crowned with a
convent. It is called Bellaggio, from a village
that stands on its extremity.
In front and over the widest part of the lake
rises a rough rocky shore, with a ridge of broken
grotesque mountains beyond, and above them the
bare pointed summit of Monte Legnone, one of
the highest of the Alps. As the situation of Ca-
denabbia is so beautiful, and as its accommoda-
tions are good, the traveller, who wishes to ex-
E 2
THROUGH ITALY.
51
Hence, its productions, such as aloes, capers,
&c. seem to belong’ to a more southern sky, and
surprize us by their blooming appearance under
the snowy brows of the Alps. We then traversed
the little bay of Tramezzina, and landed at
Cadenabbia about four o’clock.
The view from Cadenabbia is the most exten-
sive, and at the same time, the most interesting
on the lake; it takes in the greatest expanse of
water, because it overlooks the Larian before its
division into its two branches (one of which takes
its name from Como, and the other from Lecco)
and it includes the greatest variety of scenery,
because it commands the entrance into both these
branches, and the promontory that separates
them from each other. This promontory swells
into a lofty eminence, is covered with woods,
adorned with several villas, and crowned with a
convent. It is called Bellaggio, from a village
that stands on its extremity.
In front and over the widest part of the lake
rises a rough rocky shore, with a ridge of broken
grotesque mountains beyond, and above them the
bare pointed summit of Monte Legnone, one of
the highest of the Alps. As the situation of Ca-
denabbia is so beautiful, and as its accommoda-
tions are good, the traveller, who wishes to ex-
E 2