The Republican journal., 1901-05-09
ruE ISLAND OF SARDINIA.
: tbe aueerest of capitals. AID the
iarl' 80 surprise to the stranger.


..e,iaI Jurisprudence of The journal,
Fp,g1 SARDINIA. March sd, 1901.
bic island, the largest in the
lps H., .rrlupan next to Sicily, is about
NFUi, :,. If Porto Rico, or of Vermont
a l.v hampshire put together. No
81" sauliuia and Corsica were one in
~' osst until rent in twain by, some
&@ ,.al,ion Of nature, when the sea rush
'g..r,thp narrow gap now known as
~ strait of Bonifazio. Today the
H stands are as unlike in climate,
Infants and physical features, as if
'' ,o. o.ied between them.
.a,nl more delightful can be i'm
..5th8u Yachting around Sardinia.
y y .,rti Of March, with its gales and
not to be recommended
.r.s, lu many waters; but to the
>, t,. .,8.ean it brings perfection of
.r " made the whole circuit
'..s.,I3ud. fortnight's voyage, in
...... ops on seas as tranquil as a
.sE uuder skies of cloudless blue.
s- for days together we were
ud out of narrow channels,
..... ureSque islands; then skirt
PERCEPTIONS cliffs, against
....nrts pillows dash with ceas-
.. rt anon penetrating far in
tered bays bordered with
..,. sometimes we compared
...--. -a thai of the Finland pas
ska: and sometimes to Nor
,.r. and oftenest to the TERRA
IsF.. rchipelago i'll the neighbor-
,...-O .- Horn. But neither com
...s.l rrect, although there are
.,,.- milarity. By the way, can
'.,..0. ,t why no two bodies of water.
.,a ri. same latitude, are alike?
uI. ..0 ~t aWrence and the Columbia,
T.. Ia-u and the Mississippi, the
,-s,.r I-5 the 0rinoco, the Rhine and
,..tUaal4uivir, are as different to one
,r.-.t. n color as light is from dark
-.u N tlle Mediterranean and the
srluaa. both deeply, darkly, des-
g.a4l uue,' are no more the same
ntH AXE Superior is the color of
.5 OHu3 sea? Sardinia's northern
..,-l.. much resembles the Corsican
.f..- strait, from which it was
.nFs. .s-l promontories, lnlets and
a, ,'u-e.ps of lagoon which might
..r tail together again should
rdlr- thquake close the gap. From
.0-s reaching promontory on the
.raNr~t corner of the island extend
.r AD-t tapes Falconi, Grasso and
..,a -.ra and between them the read
ru' sltai literature will recognize
7r-m lanrditanaum Promontorium,
f4l. ys Isola deli Asinara. The
ra,-. eot the island presents a mag
--d-front of wild mountains,
r ma feet high, unbroken for a
ul fifty miles, except where
"a. curves inward to inclose
- ill bay. And always the bay
.- belt of glittering sand, close |
h vine-clad hills rise by gen
e p darker mountains. Here |
cliff, towering lead and
shove the Sierried ranks of its
Iopped by solitary tower of
construction, whose purpose
.e Us forgotten.
ul shore Is less picturesque,
le up of rocky heights and
beaches, alternating in mo-
'..o.- -lrcession. The only impo~-
4 aud is Monte Santo, nearly
,aul feet high, which sudden ,
,on, ,o seaward, where it termi-
- >'apendous limestone cliffs.
s. the region of miasmas and
-r~ Hch has given Sardinia such
able reputation-fifty miles
H-- ut saline marshes, extending
way 0md to the Gulf of Cagliari,
piy indents the southern end
and. This great crescent
iI+ -.t forms one of the finest
Ef M Europe. From Cape Car
oWn The eastern horn of its cres-
Ell. "D ,pe Teulada on the west-the
.lr ung range of cliffs, nearly a
eet high towering straight up
'at4 masonry and jutting far out
.e4 where it forms natural
-+4a- -et - the distance is about
niles, as the crow flies. Dur
- '' Hadle Ages vessels of largest
l- l>" o sail from the Gulf into the
81 4#'r.e IS of the eastern coast. 1t
Fey Iri that in the year 1896, when
'a.N ',-..a was under siege, the royal
'Hre vent into the lagoons and re-
'aoe, ere in safety for a month.
' lA" neareSt. of these swamps,
'te0 ~'9no di Cagliari, is hardly ac-
''N'e rowboats. The narrow strip
t- "Hlch separates it from the sea
SUI iui Of canals, to admit salt Wa
'l' t.e fish. Extensive evaporat-
w Pp"- nave been established, and
'-t glautities of excellent salt are
'l1,el though the sardines-at one
't 'N lmerous as to have bestowed
e- Hue upon the island-have al
INST tlsttinpa rod touathor with tho