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leveed Il road to less abrupt activity, and
after u few days OF OF needful rest the eX-
petition was again chcerfully In motion,
singing their songs of triumph as they went.
The windlasses were now put into requisi
ton and the oxen driven around by another
route to the lake. One mile only of this
ascent was to be accomplished, and the men
soon discovered that nothing was impossi-
BILE In the plans of Sorb)lo One
by one the fleet were assembled
upon the crest of, the mountain and
now the perils Of the descent were before
them. The oxen were again employed
In bringing the vessels ito the rocky verge
whence the descent'wlssi1 be made, and
from the base Of whiNd there were still
twelve more miles Of lcEel country to be
traversed. The wiudldsses had now to he
peculiarly braced, aud their action reversed
with great caution, lest, by breaking away,
the lives of the men would be sacrificed,
aud ruin come upon the expedition before
1t could be launched upon the lake. One
vessel only met with Il disaster, but this
was so complete that safety was insured to
all the rest From this time forth every
man seemed to act as II the success of the
undertaking depended solely upon him,
and the orders of SOrbolo, which entered
Into every detail, were
implicitly RESPECTED AND oBEYED.
y
vessel noated quietly in the hirbOr Of Tor
bolo-less than tnree months having been
consumed In the journey. The Milanese
were inCredulOus of the TumOrs that were
brought them Even the citizens Of Brescia,
who were eager for such intelligence, could
not credit, and even detained the messenger
asuspy until the tidings could be confirmed.
/ The triumph OF Sorbolo was complete, hut
the forces OF IenO were not sufficient for
La. trhk
/ upon hun. The Venetian fleet was utterly
! destroyed, the men, however, escaping to
| the shores, aud taking with them great
| proportion of the immense stores with
which the vessels were frelghted, made
| good their way to unite with SfOrZa, who
| had opened line of communication with
Brescia by the way of Tenna which he had
| invested and reduced, the Brescians them
selves having arrived IN force in time to
| share IN the ultimate success OF the adj
| venture.
| 1t Is matter of history also that after
fully relieving the unfortunate Brescians,
SfOrZa followed up his successes from one
stronghold to another until, before the walls
of Milan, which he finally reduced, demand
ing the daughter of the duke in marriage,
and ultimately seating himself on the ducal
throne. The Venetians, in the meantime,
aud as a part of these operations, managed
tains, more powerful than the first, sweep
ing the Milauese from the face OF Lake
Garda, and tTumphantly completing the
enterprise initiated by the genius of Sor
bOlo.
NOTHING or THE KIND
in the worlds history had ever before been
attempted in war or peace, and, after the
lapse of more than four centuries of time
1t stands to-day without a parallel. As
triumph of patient engineering skin, how
ever, the kindred enterprise Of Capt. Ead'
is destined to transcend il In its proportions
and results. But new contingent ha'
sprung into being, aud the colossus Of
the west is girdiug the eartl
with ribs Of steel and flashes OF elec
tric fire. Giants are possessing the earth
and giant undertakings, demanding til,
genius of giant intellecls and the energy o
giant powers The "shIp of the desert" Il
no longer a camel, but u locomotive; new
does not travel ny courier, but by electricity
aud in the near future burden trains are /,
he borne from ocean to ocean over roads o
steel aud freighted with the leyathans o
the deep. NICK KNIcKERBoCKER.