The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-20

prepared by the National Geographic Sc
~ ciety. Washington. d. c.
lie y ARDINIA, near which BIRTHS
81 naval maneuvers have been t.
81 ~ progress, is somewhat out of til
" beaten path of Mediterranean
r travel. Ii Is one Of the few foreign
If helds that has not been overrun ant
s overfed by the tourist. and in many O.
J. the villages traveller is still regarded
r as a guest and not as prey to be
bounced upon.
Some day. when tourists are tired of
=, taking the tours laid out for them by
the guide-books, perhaps they will
break away from the continent and set
sail for Sardinia, especially if they
are not travelling just to enjoy hotel
comforts. One can rent a good auto
mobile at Cagliari, and a week spent
touring around the island would prob
ably leave the pleasantest of recoIlec-
lions and an experience long to be re-
membered.
sardinia can be reached by an eight
hours night voyage from Civitavec-
CHA, the port of Rome, to the north
end of the island. The crossing on the
mail steamer is quite comfortable, but
the knowledge that one must get I'D at
nve the next morning is rather an
paillng. The beauty of the sunrise |
over the sheer cliffs and craggy iso- |
lated rocks of Golfo degli Aranci COM
pensates, however, for this Incon-
venence and for the cup of bitter
black coffee which COMPRISES tha
breakfast
AS soon as one lands, a refreshing
fragrance in the air Is noticea-a per-
rune characteristic of Sardinia-not
due' certainly, to orange trees. as Is
suggested by the name of the port.
there being none in this district, but
10 the many wild herbs and shrubs
all over the island.
The first couple of hours Journey {
down the island is over a rough. roll I
ing country made up of granite and i
resembling parts of Arizona or Mon Q
lama Ihls apparent waste land is
used for pasturing goats, which feed n
On the shrubs. Here, as over most of O
me island, one finds the white flower d
ng cystus, bright yellow ginestra, Ii
'osemary a mass of blue when In f,
blossom, and pink heather; also ar 7
'utus with bright yellow and red ber- 10
les, thyme, Juniper and other shrubs til
Excepting the eucalyptus and pine Do
TAINTED near the stations, there Is tb
ouceaDle lack of trees along the rail- n
'ay routes. Among the mountains Sc
owever. which occupy the eastern in
All OF the island and occur to some SD
Stent along the western coast there les
re important forests of oak. ilex CORY flo
nd wild olive; also areas reforested ro,
ith pine and chestnut trees. In tbe no
ountainous areas of the island are or
any fertile valleys. tw
Through tho Fruit Groves flot
Al Chllivani one-third of the wav abb
"n the island, Is the junction of ers
road that goes west to Sassari. tbe tiol
pitai OF the northern province of I
rdinia. The city is situated in tho inh
dst OF a well-cutivated area. with sho
ives OF olive. almond, orange and emit
non trees and orchards of annIes tair
lches, cherries. and other fruits the
railway continues to the coast os find
'hero' an interesting old Spanish heal
I, al one time surrounded by high able
lined wall. 1t Is here that Admiral carr
ilrpitz owned q large Agricultural as
n ana had villa. and where Of the
BEGINNING OF the war, the Germans ting
e suspected of having a base for you
plying submarines. pens
the south. about half way down "buo
island. at Macomer Is onotbor BOYS
zen road to MORO. a distance of "a wher
s ana the center of a mountainous In ar
'ict' the Barbargla. which was ot to q
uihe SAID to be the home of tho 70. youn
sandman brigands. These .ro the c
u'"i'y extinct now. although ture.
S'onaiiy one hears of man who liquel
uereu nelghbor or mem inhab
VI "'s idniiiv Tor some personal great
= "nu' IN order to escape the est h;
'ihierl. or national police Hees
e mountains and lives as best bo Il
sometimes stealing lamb mr.
from shepherd or stopplnp q
traveller TO ask for food or . '"nu
oIdi Unfortrno,o,. 'oou OF carried
ssion optsida 80 g. ,"e general a teles
ly. is that tho ISL, 1'"'"' even The el
,yerrun bv hard,." 80 more or the we
and q traveller o., -, '',is Is not 1t has
even safer thon ."e 'sanu TO- of nun
.rn JtoIv mr. Still. "ou'u oe IN tides.
omer is tho can.o 1t is
MANY eno horso " Tue region soon b.
nv as arc olsn ,h. are ureu Tor history
in NanI.s &c.. Sinaii ponies The
the raiirooa passing this of Hell
IN tba was, nus 20 oris- one-fift
, snd na-,,.,,. S'' no'eu TOT It's great I
fsAhA$uAdily It's delicious