27-6. {=mal=}, colloq. for {einmal} (indef., adverb. idiom), cf. Page
20, Note 6.
27-7. {=siehste=}, colloq. contraction of {siehst du}, "you see"; _you
know_; _you must know_.
27-8. {=das= sind die Alpen} (idiom), _these_ are the Alps.--The
neut. sing. of the demonstrat. pron. ({das}), when immediately
preceding or following the auxil. {sein}, is used without regard to
the gender and number of the logical subject (here {die Alpen}).
27-9. {=der Sankt Gott´hard=}, _St. Gothard_, a mountain-group of the
Lepontine Alps of Switzerland.
27-10. {=wollten=} (idiom., infinit. {gehen} or {reisen} being
understood), cf. Page 5, Note 12.
27-11. Remember that the longing of the Germans for Italy is
proverbial.
27-12. {=Land=} for {das Land}. Note the force of the ellipsis.
27-13. {=wo die Citro´nen blühen=}, likewise a quotation from Goethe's
ballad »Mignon,« the text of which is found on Page 28.
27-14. {=zu tragen=} = {welcher in der Hand _zu tragen war_}, cf. Page
10, Note 5.
27-15. {=es=}. Account for the idiom. Cf. Page 24, Note 9.
27-16. {=Mai´land=}, the German name for _Milan_ in the Lombard plain.
27-17. {=Ge´nua=}, the German name for _Genoa_ in Northern Italy, a
seaport charmingly situated on the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean
Sea.