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me a mental [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] picture of the old Pisa a busy seaport--wasn't Pisa one of the rivals of Genoa?  The river runs between great walls, as it does at Florence;  In letters a foot high on the river face of the wall was an election slogan, the election date a few days hence.  I could not read it all but there was something about "Vote for so and so and the republic!"  Evidently these benighted Italians don't know enough to send to jail those that desire a different form of government, as we do.  This city is not quite so full of soldiers as was Florence, but there are plenty.  And they are everywhere along the line all the way up to Brenner.  With so large a proportion of the men soldiers or priests of various species I don't see how Italy gets any work done.  There were masses going on at two or more altars simultaneously when I was in the cathedral this morning.  There are no pews of course (there were some benches in the cathedral at Florence) but a [[underline]] few [[/underline]] chairs tucked away in corners.  The few people coming to hear mass knelt around the altar rail where the mass was being said.  In the body of the cathedral people strolled about--not all tourists for I saw a group of sisters (religious sisters) walking about like the others, except that they dipped into the holy water.  I forgot to say that in my second journey to Italy, after the return to Kufstein, I saw the Appenines before it got dark.  The little homes are built right [[underline]] into [[/underline]] the rocky hills in a charming way.  I wish our builders in Washington had an eye to beauty and built into our beautiful hills, instead of cutting them off as they are doing. -----------Geneva, May 23--As they say in reports to Dr. Britton,"I arrived in Geneva, went to a hotel, had a bath and had dinner."  I was [[underline]] very [[/underline]] much in need of both.  There is running [[underline]] hot [[/underline]] water here, the first Iv'e struck in Europe, so I went the Brittonites one better, I washed my head, too, and my lace collar.  Botanical Garden isn't open till 2, it is not yet 1.  It was about 9:30 when I reached here, leaving Pisa Monday 8:40 p. m., traveling or waiting two nights and a day for the distance not greater than

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