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and cow-herds , to be at his house , with their flocks and herds , by break of day . ' The beauty of the morning gave double charms to the ruraLenvirons of the house , surrounded by extensive pasture grounds , bounded on one side by distant hills , and on the other by the wood of Gioia , towards which we proceeded to the sheepfold . The agreeable coolness of the morning , the pearls of dew trembling upon a thousand flowers , and the melodious notes of the feathered had lulled into the sweetest
throng , me reverie , when I was suddenly roused by the sound of horn , hautboys , a bagpipe , and a provincial sort of drum . It was a band pf shepherds , who , advancing towards us with their music , and a flag , cordially saluted us , and then proceeded with their Arcadian music . Not far from the sheepfold we were met by the chief of the shepherds , a venerable old man , who welcomed us with a hearty shake of the handHe first conducled us to the dairywhere made the small
. , are cheeses of" sheep ' s and . goat ' s milk , and then to the houses or , stalls , which are all built of freestone , in rows , with a variety of divisions . Before them is a large square inclosure , divided into five equal parts : in the first division , and in the stalls thereto belonging , were the ewes big with young ; in the second , were the sucking lambs ; in the third and fourth , were the two-yearold ewes ; and in the fifth , were the lambs that had done sucking . All the sheep , i n these five compartments , passed in review before us . They were
entirel y of the white breed , called Pecore Gentili , or fine wooiled ; and the chief shepherd assured us that they amounted to 3000 . The duke rejedts the black sort , on account of the bad quality of the wool . Several shep herds ' dogs , of the true breed , with long white hair , accompanied and watched the flocks ; and I heard much in praise of their intrepidity , and other good qualities . We next visited the milking-honse , which is very commodiousl y arranged , and consistsof an oblong arched room , in each of whose two sides four like door either side
are apertures -ways , leading on into an inclosed court . _ At m'ilking-time the sheep are driven into one of these courts , and successively passed through one of the apertures , where a man waits to mille them , which being done , they are let through the opposite opening into the other court , and are thus speedily milked . There is also a convenient house for shearing the sheep . All these buildings have been erecled b y the duke , contrary to the usual custom of the countrywhere the flocks remain in the
, open air during the whole year _ ; and , except a few miserable huts by way of dairies , all the other business is" performed in the open air . This custom proved yery fatal to the proprietors of sheep during the last severe winters forjnore than 40 , 000 sheep perished in the eastern provinces of the kingdomwhilst , the duke , in consequence of his judicious management ^! ost not a single . one . But I now hear that his example has been since followed by several sheep-owners . *
The following remarks on the past and present population of Tarentum , are highly worthy of the attention of those philosophers who inquire into , and call in question , the alledged populousness of ancient nations : ' How striking is the difference between the present population , and that of the time of Archytas , when Taranto was at the summit of its prosperity . The city alone could then send into the field 30 , 000 infantry , and 3000 cavalry nor is the population of that period at all exaggeratedwhen it is said
; , to have amounted to 300 , 000 soiils . At that time , indeed , the city occupied a . much larger space ; and the ruins sufficientl y point out that it extended hot only on both shores of the Mare Grande , but also around the greatest part of the Mare Piccolo . -
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Review Of New Publications.
and cow-herds , to be at his house , with their flocks and herds , by break of day . ' The beauty of the morning gave double charms to the ruraLenvirons of the house , surrounded by extensive pasture grounds , bounded on one side by distant hills , and on the other by the wood of Gioia , towards which we proceeded to the sheepfold . The agreeable coolness of the morning , the pearls of dew trembling upon a thousand flowers , and the melodious notes of the feathered had lulled into the sweetest
throng , me reverie , when I was suddenly roused by the sound of horn , hautboys , a bagpipe , and a provincial sort of drum . It was a band pf shepherds , who , advancing towards us with their music , and a flag , cordially saluted us , and then proceeded with their Arcadian music . Not far from the sheepfold we were met by the chief of the shepherds , a venerable old man , who welcomed us with a hearty shake of the handHe first conducled us to the dairywhere made the small
. , are cheeses of" sheep ' s and . goat ' s milk , and then to the houses or , stalls , which are all built of freestone , in rows , with a variety of divisions . Before them is a large square inclosure , divided into five equal parts : in the first division , and in the stalls thereto belonging , were the ewes big with young ; in the second , were the sucking lambs ; in the third and fourth , were the two-yearold ewes ; and in the fifth , were the lambs that had done sucking . All the sheep , i n these five compartments , passed in review before us . They were
entirel y of the white breed , called Pecore Gentili , or fine wooiled ; and the chief shepherd assured us that they amounted to 3000 . The duke rejedts the black sort , on account of the bad quality of the wool . Several shep herds ' dogs , of the true breed , with long white hair , accompanied and watched the flocks ; and I heard much in praise of their intrepidity , and other good qualities . We next visited the milking-honse , which is very commodiousl y arranged , and consistsof an oblong arched room , in each of whose two sides four like door either side
are apertures -ways , leading on into an inclosed court . _ At m'ilking-time the sheep are driven into one of these courts , and successively passed through one of the apertures , where a man waits to mille them , which being done , they are let through the opposite opening into the other court , and are thus speedily milked . There is also a convenient house for shearing the sheep . All these buildings have been erecled b y the duke , contrary to the usual custom of the countrywhere the flocks remain in the
, open air during the whole year _ ; and , except a few miserable huts by way of dairies , all the other business is" performed in the open air . This custom proved yery fatal to the proprietors of sheep during the last severe winters forjnore than 40 , 000 sheep perished in the eastern provinces of the kingdomwhilst , the duke , in consequence of his judicious management ^! ost not a single . one . But I now hear that his example has been since followed by several sheep-owners . *
The following remarks on the past and present population of Tarentum , are highly worthy of the attention of those philosophers who inquire into , and call in question , the alledged populousness of ancient nations : ' How striking is the difference between the present population , and that of the time of Archytas , when Taranto was at the summit of its prosperity . The city alone could then send into the field 30 , 000 infantry , and 3000 cavalry nor is the population of that period at all exaggeratedwhen it is said
; , to have amounted to 300 , 000 soiils . At that time , indeed , the city occupied a . much larger space ; and the ruins sufficientl y point out that it extended hot only on both shores of the Mare Grande , but also around the greatest part of the Mare Piccolo . -