Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-25
A GEOGRAPHIC DESTINY
ltaly's Position Chief Source of
COuntry's individuality.
set Apart by MIXTURE from the Bcrsin-
nins--Scn EnfoIds Three sides
and Alps Complete the
Circuit.

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and cf e"niallv warm and sunny eli
tafus the valleys Of the Arno and the
Tiher-the only streams of inportance
! give the keynote to any geographic
study of the region over on the eastern
coast no rivers of innortance ca,, exist
because the mountains there aDproach too
close to the sea. though the tortuous.
mostly dry beds of the 'Torrenti' scar
every height
"ln this connection it is Interesting ia
note that nowhere is the peninsula more
than 10 miles wide. and generally no,
more than $50. while down IN CaIabria
the width dwindleq in two places to 8.
and % miles respectively. One of the
most inSpirjnn views in the whole length
of the country also DISPLAYS this narrow.
ness strikin.lv when. on a clear day
} from the Gran Sasso, the highest point
i'm the bleak ,brtlzI range central Italy
at nearly 1900 feet. one may looi. no,
only westward over the Adri..tic to far
palmatia's rocky shores. but also west
ward over the mountain and moor city
and sandy coast. to the dim and MISTY
blue of the Tyrrhenian sea. In volcanic
southern Italy. likewise barren Of any
great waterways. the Apennnes break
up into groups Of hills and peaks no,
| usually so lofty as farther northward.
iNoMf MlhiiAh> itoADH'
.Italy is fairly provided with daep
water soaDorte-Nnples Genoa Spezia
the naval base. and l.egborn. ON the west
c,u coast anal Venice \ncoun and Brin
disi. on the east. The rivers-exccpt tn.
Po-aS NAV have been inferred already
are Of little OF no Importance for naviga
tion-a facl th?t Romans c!everlv dispos