Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Vol. 4): 3. ed., rev. and enl (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

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CLASSICAL TOUR

Ch. HI-

GH AP. HI.

The Lago Maggiore or Verbanus—Its Islands-
Lake of Magotzo—Vale of Ossola—Sempione
-—Arona—Colossal Statue of St. Charles—Ob-
servations on the Lakes—Comparison between
the Italian and British Lakes—Novara—Ver-
celli—Plain of Turin.

Abo UT twelve o’clock we arrived at Laveno,
a large and handsome village on a bay of the
Lago Maggiore. Close to this village northward
rises a rough craggy mountain, that pours a con-
stant stream in a cascade from its hollow bosom.
In front spreads the Lago Maggiore, in its
widest expansion. The ancient name of this
lake was Verbanus; its modern appellation is
derived from its greater magnitude, or rather
from its superior beauty '; for in this latter cjuality
only is the Larian lake inferior to it. Oppo-
site the bay of Laveno opens another bay, and
in the centre of the latter rise the Borromean
islands, which are considered as the principal or-
naments of the lake, and ranked indeed among
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