, 1875-03-27

GEAUlAEl{LR UfQ{ . iultl4Uu AeIESs VI tH3 Tract
the author notices especially that portion which
Is cnllod tho Agro 1'onsano.-i. O.. tile territosy
belonging to the City Of Rome. HIS remarks,
pagna, except tie pont!us Marshes.
T.F. CgAsK.
THE ITALIAN ENolNEEn's ESSAY,
Tho Agro Romano ia trlaut.le. Of which tho
nncx is III tho Valley Of the Tiber, tar abovo
Rome, which city ia nearly tic contro Of tue tr-
nn3lc, it's baso extending n1ong tho sea. OF tho
a2J, 600 acres which II contains, about 1G,50o III
tho immediate neiglborhood Of Ilome sro coy
erod with vineyards, Tllaa. And pleasure. gar
dons; all tho rest Ia pasture and wheat fields.
Tho wllola territory is extremely unhealthy, aud
entsoly 1opopulatel. In the vineyards above
mentioned, aro dwellings for the peasants who
spcad tito winter theio, but from Jtue until Oc-
tobor they sleep in tho city to escape
nervous OF intermittent fevers. Tho ,est
Of tho Agro lsomano docs mol oven pos
noas dwellings, for the peasants, and Is cul-
tivatcd by labosors from the ncjGhboriug Prov
incha, eHpacially from tho Marshes aud AAruxzi.
Ihny arriro nbout tho middle o! October aud
return toward tho ond OF juno. to cscapo tho
ravages OF tho foscr. Tho wotlmen inhalt
natural or nrtifltial caves in the volcanic tufa,
or build themselves STRAW huts where their bod.
It Is ncodloss to say, tue dirt and iuycets nre
frightfnl. Tho population iu summer Bhriul:s
to 1,8oo. two-ttths Of whom nre attached by tho
tovor Without a settled population and
scourgod by fever. tho AgEo 1tomano is cnlii-
waited in q wny unknown to tho rest Of Italy. ex-
copt. perhaps, In tho Tuscan Matemmc. whore,
howcvcr, tha modo Of cultivation is far batter.
Tho Agro Romano IL devoted exclusively to
THO land lios fallow three or four yoars. serves
for pasturauo an equal length Of slne, is then
plowed eix timeg In ono yoar, and finally tae Loxt
year is planted with gfaiu.
APPEARANCE OF THE cA,1rAuSa.
A fow words as to tho CampagEa itself. It Ia
o broad Rtrotch Of country without human habi-
tations. except tho romans of come old dwellings,
aud few Palacos once occupied occasionally by
their owners "A country residences. Every farm
Inns, 1t Ia true, ono OF moro llouses, according
to ils size; but these arc mostly lu wretcli-
cd coudlton. or in actual ruin, and generally
Wldoiy separated from Que smother. Tue Cam.
Eagua may bc aiyiled, in respect 10 tho soil. into
thtoa voEy distinct partA First, tho Valley OF
tho Tibor, extending a. far as lao1a-Bacra wlisre
tho river not far from its mouth divides into two
arms. ThiB portion Is o1ppsad to inuntlationH.
and conalsts entirolF Of pastnro!anils aud wheat
folds. Secondly. broad strip Of land along
aand-hilla. Thoro. nj in tho Wiley OF the Tiber.
tho vieisor finds grain-aeds and pastures, and
also woods tit'od viii, pools OF standing
wstor: ,,;af Ihifdly' tho so.ealloa '.HIKiani,s I
uplands, with .Htoop dcclivlt|os. divided fronl
ono another by ravincH and brooks, aud
forming valleys Of varying width. ln these tho
eoll Ia deep and richi c'Bewhero tho uppor
stratum, although thin. ia rich. and may bo cu!-
ttiAtod. It rests, however on Rubssratuln OF
volcanic tufa. and III liable to bo wanhcd by tho
rains either into tue Tibor or into tho vailors.
AS tllore III no attempt maao to carry of The
water 10 regular cnapnols It weara gnllies III tho
tillbblB lard. In thH Hl1rv thu rV NfrHHnfH