St Nicholas [Série] . m,et ressemble à l'étage d'un ancien théâtre, ithas vu beaucoup d'populartumults durant la mi-dle âges ; il a vu thefamous Patio* ou course de chevaux, célèbre centuryafter seesthe siècle ; et il marché pittoresque de poisson, gibier, et les légumes. Plus tard que tous les tours d'thesecivil est le cu-rious Tour de l'horloge dans le square de San Marcoin, Venise superbe cadran withits en or et bleu.Les douze signes du thezodiac sont là resplen-dent, et les soleils sur du de l'horloge traveltwice la grande ronde facein le vingt-quatre heures.Sur le dessus de l'towerstand deux de bronze

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St Nicholas [serial] . feet, and looks like the floor of an ancient theater, ithas seen many populartumults during the Mid-dle Ages; it has seen thefamous Patio* or horse-race, celebrated centuryafter century; and it seesthe picturesque market offish, game, and vegetables. Later than all of thesecivil towers is the cu-rious Clock Tower inthe square of San Marcoin Venice, gorgeous withits dial in gold and blue.The twelve signs of thezodiac are there resplen-dent, and the suns on thehands of the clock traveltwice round the great facein the twenty-four hours.On the top of the towerstand two bronze figuresof men on either side ofa huge bell. They hold heavy hammers in their hands as if ready todeal a blow and as each hour arrives, thefigures in bronze, who have been called Moors, strike the hour upon the bell with dignified solem-nity. One of these bronze Moors is said by tra-dition to have been guilty of murder; for witha swing of its hammer it hurled a poor, innocentworkman over the edge of the parapet. As the. TOWER OF SAN MARTINO, LUCCA. hour of two is struck upon the bell, the airis darkened by a sudden gathering of all theclans of the sacred pigeons of San Marco. ItSee St. Nicholas for August, 1896. 502 THE BELL-TOWERS OF ITALY. is the hour when they are fed. You haveheard about the great flocks of gentle pigeonswhich have lived since time immemorialamong the spires of San Marco, and whichcome daily to be fed and to patter in and outbetween our feet upon the pavement below, with the simple confidence of little children.The superstition of the Venetians has with jealous care kept them undisturbed throughthe years. It is impossible, within this short space, evento tell in the briefest way the stories of themost celebrated towers of Italy; and the tragiclegend of the Tower of Famine in Pisa, thegentler memories of Hildas Tower in Rome, with a host of others, must be left untold.

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