from Belgodere and 4-1/2 E. from the Ile
Rousse. A continuation of the same route southward extends to the
bridge across the Tartagine, 2355 feet, 25 miles from the Ile
Rousse, in the great forest of Tartagine. It passes the Bocca
Campana, 2782 feet, 3-1/4 miles from Belgodere; the Bocca Croce, 3045
feet, the culminating part of the road, 7 miles from Belgodere; and
2-1/2 miles farther, the hamlets of Olmi and Capella, 9 miles from
Speloncato; with ever-varying mountain and village scenes among
great forests; 20 m. from Belgodere is the Pont Tartagine in the
forest of that name. The forest of Tartagine, enclosed within the
high crests of the Capo Dente 6667 ft. on the west, and of Mt. Padro
on the east, measures 7166 acres, and contains principally the
_Pinus laricio_ and the _P. pinaster_, intermingled with ilexes or
evergreen oaks (p. 41).
"Olmi-Capella 2723 ft. is in an open airy situation, commanding fine
views of the mountains to the S. and S.W., and protected to some
extent on the N. and N.W. by the ridge which sweeps round to the
head of the Tartagine valley. This ridge, though in the
neighbourhood of the village only about 1000 ft.
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