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to warmer climates growing in full vigourin these Alpine regions.
The Isola Bella is nearer the borderof the lake than Isola Madre. A palacehas been built on it for the occasionalsummer residence of its owners, the countsBorromeo . From the windows we have acharming prospect of the lofty range ofAlps rising nobly in the back ground.The Isola Superiore, or, as it is frequentlycalled, the Fisherman's Island, is seenemerging from the surface of the lake,and having almost the appearance of atown half covered by a flood : a littlesteeple rises from the centre of this clusterof houses, and adds greatly to its pictu-resque character. When the islands areviewed from the borders of the lake, theirappearance is very beautiful, and wecannot help feeling some disappointment,when, on closer examination, we find themfall very far short of the fairy-land scenery