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[[underlined]]China[[underlined]] for the family in one of the stores at Piazza San Marco to be sent by parcel post.  Am [[underlined]]delighted[[underlined]] with the [[underlined]]music here at cafes or at the public Place.  Thank Heaven no Jazz.[[underlined]]  Have not heard any thus far.  Yesterday excellent concert on Piazza San Marco.
[[underlined]]Oct 2.[[underlined]] (Sunday)  Another beautiful mild day.  Charming climate at this time of the year.  They tell me it is different in winter.  Fascists parading in uniform and Fascist speeches and [[underlined]]everybody seems Fascist.  How long will it last?[[underlined]]  In the meantime [[underlined]]it has improved Italy.[[underlined]]  But like everything else
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[[underlined]]they will probably overdo[[underlined]] it.  More and [[underlined]]more Legionnaires[[underlined]] and they [[underlined]]continue to make a good impression.[[underlined]]
Went up the new [[underlined]]Campanile.  Cannot consent to find it graceful.  But great view from[[underlined]] the top [[underlined]]gallery.[[underlined]]
Venice is an interesting city but after a couple of days [[underlined]]one is pretty well fed up.[[underlined]]  Had a [[underlined]]few mosquito bites[[underlined]] last night.
Am leaving for [[underlined]]Milan[[underlined]] at 1 P.M.  Long and crowded train, poorly ventilated as everybody insists keeping windows shut in first class compartment.  Temperature reached [[underlined]]89°F.[[underlined]]
Notice [[underlined]]dusty motor roads,[[underlined]] fertile fields, mulberry trees and vineyards.  Then pass [[underlined]]Lake Guardia[[underlined]] with its distant mountains