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LAKE AND TOWN OF LUGO.
Hie ver assiduum atque alienis mensibus asstas.
Virgil.
Figlie di Nereo, che inghirlandate
Di verdi canne sul flutto argenteo
I sollazzevoli balli guidate.
Voi che riempiere le torte conche,
Triton, godete di suon festevole
Cui ripercuotono 1’ ime spelonche.
Mazza.
The Lake of Lugo, or, as it is sometimes called, of Pie
de Luco, was the Lacus Velinus of the ancients, and is
situated in the pleasant Vale of Rieti, a few miles from
the Cascade of Terni. It forms the basin, or reservoir,
into which the torrents and rivulets that descend from the
Apennines are continually flowing, and which, by their
frequent inundation, before the channel was cut for the
Velino that forms the cascade, proved so detrimental to
the inhabitants of the vale of Rieti, and reduced that
naturally fertile district to little better than a mere
swamp. This useful work was undertaken, as stated,
by the Roman consul Curius Dentatus.
Tourists are generally so well satisfied with viewing the
beauties of the cascade of Terni, that they seldom wish to
deviate further from their route. Yet the quiet beauties
of the Lake of Lugo would amply reward them for the
trouble of seeking it. Having the advantage of some
notes, obligingly submitted to us by G. Morant, jun. esq.,
who was recently tempted to explore the source of the
Hie ver assiduum atque alienis mensibus asstas.
Virgil.
Figlie di Nereo, che inghirlandate
Di verdi canne sul flutto argenteo
I sollazzevoli balli guidate.
Voi che riempiere le torte conche,
Triton, godete di suon festevole
Cui ripercuotono 1’ ime spelonche.
Mazza.
The Lake of Lugo, or, as it is sometimes called, of Pie
de Luco, was the Lacus Velinus of the ancients, and is
situated in the pleasant Vale of Rieti, a few miles from
the Cascade of Terni. It forms the basin, or reservoir,
into which the torrents and rivulets that descend from the
Apennines are continually flowing, and which, by their
frequent inundation, before the channel was cut for the
Velino that forms the cascade, proved so detrimental to
the inhabitants of the vale of Rieti, and reduced that
naturally fertile district to little better than a mere
swamp. This useful work was undertaken, as stated,
by the Roman consul Curius Dentatus.
Tourists are generally so well satisfied with viewing the
beauties of the cascade of Terni, that they seldom wish to
deviate further from their route. Yet the quiet beauties
of the Lake of Lugo would amply reward them for the
trouble of seeking it. Having the advantage of some
notes, obligingly submitted to us by G. Morant, jun. esq.,
who was recently tempted to explore the source of the