A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. 2 (of 2)

The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. II (of 2), by Gertrude Forde
BY GERTRUDE FORDE.
IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1880.
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PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, BECCLES AND LONDON.

A LADY'S TOUR IN CORSICA.
Sainte Lucie di Tallano is the halting-place for the forest of Bavella. From thence you can mount up to the Bocca; starting early, and spending the whole day in the forest, returning again to sleep at Sainte Lucie.
There is another route, sometimes followed, by which you drive down the other side of the forest to Sollenzara, on the east coast; but, as this place is reported to be exceedingly dirty, and is, besides, not healthy after the winter months, if it is then, it is not to be recommended. From Propriano to Sainte Lucie is a five-hours' drive, and a steady ascent the whole way.
The road is less interesting than usual in Corsica, and, for some distance, is almost tame, winding amongst low green hills, and by the side of a foaming river swept by willows. Some queer-looking crows with white breasts were fluttering about here; and, further on, the river was spanned by an old-fashioned Pisan bridge, wide enough only for mules and foot-passengers, with no parapet—made in the days when carts and carriages apparently were not.
There was a good deal of traffic on this road: plenty of muscular-looking Corsican dames bestriding their mules, and generally followed by a foal; and heavy charrettes, drawn by six mules, and filled with sacks of charcoal, brought from the forests above.