The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps: A Tour Through All the Romantic and Less-frequented "Vals" of Northern Piedmont, from the Tarentaise to the Gries ... With [plates And] Illustrations from the Author's Sketches, Maps [and a Plan], Etc |
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Page vi
... Bridge of St. Marcel - Copper - mines and " Fontaine Bleue " - Chambave wine - Leone d'Oro , Châtillon- Verres Difficulty with carabiniers - Entrance of Val Challant - Hemp and materials of dress- Fair of Challant - Brussone- Col de ...
... Bridge of St. Marcel - Copper - mines and " Fontaine Bleue " - Chambave wine - Leone d'Oro , Châtillon- Verres Difficulty with carabiniers - Entrance of Val Challant - Hemp and materials of dress- Fair of Challant - Brussone- Col de ...
Page viii
... Bridge and battle of Crevola - Premia San Rocco Granite moun- Formazza Falls of Tosa - Gries glacier - Baths of Crodo - Baceno - tains - Gorge of Foppiano- - - - - Snow - storm- Farewell to Italian valleys .. - Page 536 LIST OF ...
... Bridge and battle of Crevola - Premia San Rocco Granite moun- Formazza Falls of Tosa - Gries glacier - Baths of Crodo - Baceno - tains - Gorge of Foppiano- - - - - Snow - storm- Farewell to Italian valleys .. - Page 536 LIST OF ...
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... bridge of trees across the torrent , where I was joined by the mules , which had made a détour by the straggling châlets of Arpetta . Here the real ascent commenced , the path rising abruptly through steep pine - forests strewn with ...
... bridge of trees across the torrent , where I was joined by the mules , which had made a détour by the straggling châlets of Arpetta . Here the real ascent commenced , the path rising abruptly through steep pine - forests strewn with ...
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... bridge of light , from Mont Carmet to Mont Cramont ; and the indistinctness enhanced the grandeur of the glens and mountains , investing them with a romance of mystery . On the grassy banks , glowworms glittered with a pale emerald ...
... bridge of light , from Mont Carmet to Mont Cramont ; and the indistinctness enhanced the grandeur of the glens and mountains , investing them with a romance of mystery . On the grassy banks , glowworms glittered with a pale emerald ...
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... bridges across the entire valley , supported on the outer edges , by a moraine , like an enormous embankment of steeply inclined rubbish , running right up to the foot of the cliff below the path . Sweeping round Mont Brenva on the ...
... bridges across the entire valley , supported on the outer edges , by a moraine , like an enormous embankment of steeply inclined rubbish , running right up to the foot of the cliff below the path . Sweeping round Mont Brenva on the ...
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Aiguille Alagna Alpine Alps Aosta appeared ascent avalanches Barailler beautiful Bernard Biona blue bouquetin bridge Cervin châlets Challant chamois Champorcher Châtillon church climbed clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crest crevasses crossed curé dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire feet foot forest glacier glen gneiss green Gressoney Grivola head height Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Lyskam Macugnaga magnificent mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mountain side mule narrow night pass pastures path peaks Piedmont pine precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco road rocks Roman round Salassi scene scenery seemed seen singular slopes snow Spitze steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track Turin Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val de Lys Val Ferret Val Sesia Val Tournanche valley Valpelline vast village walls wild winter Zumstein
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