[117] Garda has always been famous for its fish, and the fishing industry gave its name to the town at the outlet, Peschiera. Cardan (_De Vita Prop._, c. xxx.) tells of a mighty pike he ate at Sirmio after a narrow escape from drowning in the lake. In Coryat’s time it was celebrated for its abundance of “Carpes, Troutes, and Eeles.” [118] Now an important town at the head of the lake. [119] In describing this excursion the secretary uses sometimes the first and sometimes the third person plural, but this sentence seems to show that he did not accompany the others, and on leaving Roveredo he went to Verona on a raft in charge of the luggage. [120] Borghetto. Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. Italics are represented thus _italic_, superscripts are represented thus y^n.