Forza Maggiore 178

At Padua 196

A Pilgrimage to Petrarch's House at Arquà 216

A Visit to the Cimbri 235

Minor Travels:
I. Pisa 251
II. The Ferrara Road 259
III. Trieste 264
IV. Bassano 274
V. Possagno, Canova's Birthplace 280
VI. Como 285

Stopping at Vicenza, Verona, and Parma 293

Ducal Mantua 321




THE ROAD TO ROME FROM VENICE.

I.

LEAVING VENICE.

We did not know, when we started from home in Venice, on the 8th of