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A Week in Genoa—Folks-Life—Palaces—Italian Evangelical Church—Journey to Spezia—Glance over the Sardinian States—Pisa—Exterior of Hospitals—Pisa, formerly and at the present time—The Leaning Tower—Catharina Ferucci—La Donna Italiana—Rosa Ferucci—The Cathedral of San Piso—Florence—Life—Art—Beauty—La Specola—Galileo—La Tribuna—Tuscany as formerly, and at the present time—From Florence, by Sienna, to Rome. , October 25th.—I did not go by way of Novara! I had merely the satisfaction of having seen the handsome, little, and very lively city, lying upon elevated ground; environed by alleys of beautiful trees, and of having seen the field where the last great battle was fought between Carlo Alberto and Radetzky. I was shown the house where the king took up his abode, and whence, immediately after his abdication, he went into voluntary exile. I was obliged in the evening to return to Turin. The day following communication was re-established, and I went to Genoa by railway.

The locomotives used on the Swiss railways have such names as William Tell, Stauffacher, Wilkenreid, (19)