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» nuick nl|*t In »iB«ffk city. The night air in R怖e is warm and tht eity it Ut up 4itpl«]ring »ll her charms to whoever would .■drink' of 'her'gai"y.. Weもopped aboArd oひe of Rome's many horse 'teir^ bttfii«t'.iJMiit Vm * wild rideIhrough the streets, of the aad^ city to the Fquntaln of Trevi. The Trevi Fountain on ft.,VnrAogUft Dig:fat、i, teeming with tひurists, each.one'thfow-ingr hiior her coina. into the clear waters: T^ere is a 'Roman saying that .anyone makini * wish at the fountain willone day return to R怖e, The', nuhin豕waters, and the .bacchan^Uan spirは:n'hicl、 •Mm*' to envelope yon. makes everjrthin农89«m :artぱ;cia1an< I' had to remind mytelf that I was indeed in Rome and that soon I would )!*▼ぁ■ to'leave. Prom the Trevレthe four people 5n our par;:y decided to w翼Uc to the Via Veneto ahhough 'we had n(, inkUng u: to which way. we had'to go. We W,lked through side streets 窗herv賣e.賣eiv'aeeo8ted many times by Italian femme, de la nu:? and :t^wfeノwm no mi«tiking the. Via Veneto.絮hen atlast we' found it Near i m^aiithe'traffle stops' on. the-Veneto and the proprietors of'the eh op8 b rin豕'their tables amichairs out onto the avenue and the .whole place becomes one big outdoor restaurant. The citiz^?ns of Rome emerge in their finery and it is said that you may sh next to an Italian politician of a Roman actresF.
THE BO AD NORTH No one want€<f toleave Rome and the do Ice 、ita Thr fif". persons in our entourage probably had fifty different reasons for' wanting, to stay. From now on it would be ever證th、var(1and 'vhen Olympic Stadium, the site of theI960 games passed by on >ui"right we. knew that Rome would have to wait for'tmリUiei' 、n .It was back on the Autostrada for thelong trip tn-、Hl【i", "1's "lost northerly city. The' weather was warm amithe tea .ト'were most eAgerly awaited for. The cmes of Fabro, Mod en u (racing cars), Parma, and Piacenza raced by for George 、vas ''re-sing the bus to Umit. We crossed the Po liiver at 5:4() p.m. っ'i experienced heavy rains - south. of Milan. "HotelMeiini"i w'.i;^ .'',ハs".n"tion画for the night and after the.exciteme,uひf Komに .'t!,'bごdded'down quite early for the night:
Th? following morning, we <fiscovered Milan.—Milairis the most く.ゃT.ほ,modem:and richest city in.I.taly. The stirets are 、vidひ ',11'a.d 01It and. there'we re skyscrapers, something .、、'e. ha(〗r:'t :、CM sin'ce London.. Mil an'also-boasts high, rise apartments which ,rcle the outskirts of the cit》',The most famouslamlmark i'】 "ilan is the Duomo 6r the Milan Cathe<h*al、vitho、でr :ぃhumire〗 ';',:ri?s, each crowned'with' a marb】e statue. For sheer ,1eii。?. 'his awesome edifice'surpasses St. Petei^s」n. Ro'iie or We.stniinst'、i' 、.bbey in Lornfon. Leonardo'de Vinci's masterpiece. The Iお'Supper, ぺ.here painted on a 、va11.in the cathedral.I was ex"预ely gra"、-I'ulto be given permission-.to'take .a flash photo of it...La S(.:ihi, the most prestigious'opera house in the world about t、vol)''oc" away. A mf who ever ■'forgets the' policemen of Milan?'They.'are the ITlost smartly:dl"esse(i.of policemen'1.haveま"anywhere. Their whiteノsリmmeiv tunics are complemented .by white: gloves and smart pith helmets. .Welearned in: Milan that the wor(i "mi卜 ■.linerズ'comes..from MHan wlie re the 'first hat"vert、 、Ve also
!earned that■ spaghetti, is not 'ItaHan but .Chineseノin origin.
From 'Milan, the highway 、vimfs northward 'byしike》Iag-giore,.thelake which is mentioned in. Heming"、、.ay'んFare"でUり) Arms. "What, clear.water's t'iU this .lake.ト:、.en.the shore iitie \Va; .devoid of and. vejretati亂Beautifulvi!ias:.(!(n the .くhoi'es
and many white'sails billowed in the breeze.'The 'S、vi?、、Alpんn?ar theirvhea<fs as.youleave the I'ta!ian town of Di"訓odo:;;n、】a whけe 、、.e had our'last mealin'It:ily. The r(、ュ丄.again be"、nu?-<'narnn\- as ',:e enter: the .'S impIon .P PS-《which.t:ikes you i:Uo S、"tな"'lam1.We '"iind.up the.pass'where the road in placei^ 、、-:i"(_' m"T'ハv am h.-' c"Hff.s so steep that many female pi! s sen per s an(i m)(し)ub:
some male ones were aghast. Within 45 rainut^,財w畔|n Swit^-はmf and we reached the summはat Br iff within two hours. ^ air was cooland the cloudslooked menaeing. Our trip was my by our w'itneasing a three car collision near Bex* The guide pointed out to " swret air fields where the hangars were built ri^ht into the granite mass of the mountains themselves. There were narr,-p asses 、vhieh could be bio ekecT by millions of tons of rock at the push of a butto*n. At other places, huge steelcolumns we" programmed to rise out of roadbeds to halt all、eh】'cular movement. Swiss defence seems to be built on the premise thatばthe enemy gets in somehow, he willneverleave for the only exits ouぃof the し'ourUry a re by roads or by air. The mo un tains are so steep that thけe is. no. scaling th'.'ni. '
Our busma【ie a st叩aいthe S*iss resort town of Montreux on Lake Geneva for the paミ?engers who wished to buy Swiss wat('heんWatches at one tMnJ their Canadiim prices were bouglU by o!ie third of our fe!low passengers. Slontreux is a riらh resort and this wasplahily evident by the ca!ibre of the hotels an'i care.、1was happy to find some Kleenex for the first time in a ?h()p..CocafCola'and Kwlak films a re available everywhere in Euroいe but Kleenex does 'not seem to enjo》'that universality as yet. This night held a specialtreat for us for we had been booke(,i ;ntn a Sv,i:^'s chalet called Chalet a Go bet situated a few miles from lake. The eh alet was one of thoi^e one'sees. in. magazine adんIt came completeヽvit!TSwiss'waitresses'in native dress. Dinnet' wa.; served b〉' c a mlielight, ■ a :five course (l)nnei",' which was cappeii with acfe:>sc】't 、vhieh was brought in in flames. The ho uselight? were put out during this part and through the faintlight,, we CO'u1(1】)iake out the fac'eんof our companions. There was. a romantic air about the whole thing. A' girlfro m. Jmliana.'celebrated her 21st birth(lay aしthe chalet【inii(レt good cheers froin tJie company.
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live again 'in Japan.ノThe'Tok!i-gawaヌuv.ernmeru,s .'!i、'e'ly interest in、vh.at was happeninj( in ths 0ut.《i(ie world, co.upled with its fear of n】ajor European sea-po、vers, prompted a thorough conipiliitu,n 'of, 、vhat .h a (にbeen learned by these fishermen. _
Pen'-V's v.isit to. Japiuiin1853 sharpened this curiosity ami feai'りf the outsideヽvorid' and h. is possibiy one of the reasons' that a s.erie> of volumes' entitled "Kai Gai.I、vas i^ublished in the fol!o、v.ing year,, giving a de--tailed :accouiit of tぉe' overseas adventures and observations of thi:*little group.
、vou!d seem that nothing was omitted; the flon! .and 'fau-na.,. :?ocialcustcmis, geography, dress, economy', aspects of》Ia-zat!an's 'history, ai'e .alldiscus.s-ed.'as 'well'as a nuniber of other
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■There., are fh'e slender voレ umes, with ;?ever.alillustrations, which were nゅ(ie by professional artists who had to I'ely onき
■ tailed 1ie-;cripti01リ,and/, in some case.;,歸(iels of curious thinズs to .be .found in Mexico,
Variou:? thing:?, such a:? the Mexican nietho(t:.of— dragging .a ■water-b:lireレi10 that -it need not ":eiph ("、\vi、.a ho.ive or t'art,.an、 ■shown illthe 'illustnUi'ons..
The port of MazatLari itst、lf is ?hown.. 、vUh its fine harbor an.i the breatv、:ater 、vhiclvlater, became, .cm the seaward-si'de. :u k、a;5t. the CHus Atla;?, no、v- fame'.l. as )Iazatlan's promenade.
A foi't to the .couth of' .th^? • ♦"、、vn i,-a!s0 visible. It i$located rouphly where the Uateria Sur rrパI':tary d"achn:ent is ?tiH sta-
These book:: are :'ntere::tinpr fr">r more than one reasou to. the Ms-
■There is】it:】'e 'ie?cr':pt、'e ma-t€r(alon》1 a zailan in the oerioi before the war between Mexk、o and theじnited States 4S)* and not 'a frreat (!eal la1own about the ear:y history of the port. '
Yet Ma2athn "was important in the hijttory of California for ut 'ensてtヒrtv Years.
Insold'iers were sert frorr Mazat!an to Southern Caレ ;fomia to he!D <fefend the coa?" from' i>〗rate niki» swh as that of &、,Jc"hanJ in1818.
Thfr?* men were in San Di"。 and Santa Bartern urn" one by one. the、- mirwl and e:thfr returneri to MMat〗an or se"J^ in. Peaces such as Los Anr,les, they coald farm
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the飞inie: of'the Caiifornia'Gold ■Kush of'18ぉ,Mazatlan was an important .supply;point for Calト toniians.
The., clothing 'pictured .i〗v this work 、vas probably, similar. ..to that、、-hich 、、.as ■ imported' during the1830, s a mi1840's from Mazatlan. When the' American forces .were aw'jdting the'"word, that ".ar had been <Teclared between 'the United States and Mexieo 'iii184(5, an .Americari fleetlay .:it ai"or near Mazaぃ' Ian 'to forestall.any s ending .ひf Mexican troops to California, and to be ha'ndy.'for a】"'proーt^ti invasion ofこ,alifornia, which is 'exactly .what -happened
"Mazatlan■■ remainetlsignificant in '.the commerce of. Calぱorn,:a after: the GoId .Rush,: and is'one of. Mexico'siiiajor I^acific Ports today.
■Th'e observations of Japanese castaways'are a valuable piece of infor.!11"ion in putting: together the, history ,of this signぱicant and.interesting-city.
.While there 、vere other foreign visitors at the port dUring .the 1831)'s and1840,s who wrote brief dej:はiptions of th—e place, the Japanese-h a 、でprobably 、vrk-■ten the mbst comprehensive account about MazMlanノ
For one thing., items 、vhich 、vere:commonplace 'to European ■arid American visitors—and t"re-fore escaped their, notice are 〗■ ievertheless things 'of interest to the .Japanese, toはlly unacquailied 、v【th.5Hicli phenomena as.silverware. Imiia,is, Europe^n-styh bed;:, etc.
Their "e、v' of Mazat】an,s ma' terialculture would please, al most iny anthropologist. They paze<i 、vkh fresh eyes, at man;* w?nders which American sailo,s m':ght igT,ore.
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