New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-16
ITALIAN LAKE IS.
Developing tide
Investigation Shows That Gas,
{ eouS Spring Is Cause

Sdrda had developed q uuc recent
mystifed the natives and tourists
frequenting this famous bod: Of
water At regular intervals a rise
and fall of more than foot was
registered. Investigation disclosed
that the difference In level was
probably caused by gaseous springs
In the bottom of the lake, because
as the tide receded great portions
Of the surface we're covered with
fine bubbles.
ITO those who know II, however
Garda Is a lake of many moods, u
says q bulletin from the Washing
ton, D. c., headquarters of the Ma
tional Geographic society. ut Is as
changeable and varied as the
wealth OF subtropica vegetation
that clothes its encircling noun.
tains and valleys. Twice day
with more regularity than the lake
steamers comes the refreshing
ora or lake breeze. ruffling the
pbslt blue of the waters and tenn
pering the heat of the sun. Some
times storms whip the surface into
whitecapped rollers and Garda Is
as rough as the sea.
Italy's Largest Lake
Most Of the yearly host Of visit
tors, however, carry back with
them indelible visions Of great
inland sea set in a background OF
enchanting beauty. The southern
&C. la
easily back from the water into the
sunhaked and fertile valley Of the
Pc. As the lake narrows toward the
north, first the Alpine hills, and
then the higher squire of the ALPS
fold In upon 1t. The upper reaches
are like Norwegian ford, with
precipitous cliffs and deep, quiet
waters.
''Garda Is Italy's largest lake
aud, with the exception of Geneva
and Constance, Is unsurpassed II
size In the Alpine region. 1t is
about "a miles long, but varies in
width from miles to IL miles, be-
ing gourd shaped wits long mar
row neck running into the outposts
Of the Tyrolese Alps.
I'm many respects 1t Is more
like a small inland sea than lake
It's deep blue cooring is like that
Of the Mediterranean and, unlike
Its sister Lombardian lakes, 1t has
real sailboats with two masts, theil
brown and yellow sails contrasting
prettiy with the blue Of the water
and the green background of the
hills. Over the surface Of Garda
hangs a heavy haze at times, con-
firining the resemblance to the sea
In the winter months gulls enliven
the water front with their sharr
cries.
4H Once a Trade Route
\ Lake Garda was once an i'm
portant link In the trade ruote be.
tween Verona and Trent, but the
construction OF the railroad up the
nearby and more direct Adige val
ley has left the lake again the
quiet dwelling place OF beauty Of
which poets, even as far back a:
Roman days, have sung. Garda has
shared with Como the attention Of
poets and writer's of every age.
For many years two flags ruled
Its waves, the northern tip and the
city of RNa lying in Austria
Garda was thus sort Of debatable
region of romance, where Latir
and Teuton touched elbows, ant
the picturesque gunboats OF the
customs officers waged an unceas
ing war against more picturesque
smugglers. Since the World wal
the lake \ and the surrounding
country have been Italian,
To-day lemons, citrons, olives
oranges and grapes share will
tourists the honor Of being the
principal industry Along the
sheltered west shore, or Riviera a:
1t is called, the lemon plantations
scale the steep slopes Of the hill
sides, backed by stone walls fol
protection against the chilling win
ter winds. Tall, fragrant laure
trees, and gloomy cypress and pine
mix their foliage with sub-tropica
palms, yuccas, magnolias ant
aloes, while the plateaus above ar,
streaked with barbaric reds ant
yellows - truly a paradise for the
naturalist and the artist.
Its Colorful Ports
mo less colorful and interesting
are the many little towns that Dor
der the lake. salo, the main por
on the west coast, runs riot Ii
color. The houses are painted Il
look like wallpaper. The pinks
greens, yellows. and blues Of thu
walls and the inevitable red till
roofs of these swallow-like homes
perched on the hillsides can onl!
be matched by the fringes Of fam
lily washings, In as many colors
that f1utter in the breeze at tn,
water front.
Nearly at the head OF the LAKE
Is the little village of Limone
which, 1t might reasonably be sup
posed, was so named because Of 1t!
large production OF lemons. Thu
story is really the reverse, for It Il
said that the fruit derived its namt
from this little town, being thu
8 first place they were grown In Eu
rope. Riva, at the northern tip. Il
set In the pit of towering amphi
theater of mountains and is thu
principal tourist resort Nearby, a
Torbole, Goethe wrote the first o.
his Iphigenie' In 1885. Since tina
time the district has been a fav'
orite winter resort for wealth!
Germans and Austrians.
Running boldly into the center
Of the southern part CT the lake 1!
the narrow peninsula Of Sirmione
once a resort of wealthy Romans
A short distance south Of the lakt
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