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 25
... slope of the valley basked in the full warmth of the afternoon sun- which brought out a number of vipers - and was glowing with ripe corn ; while on the opposite mountain side , facing the N. , the sunless pine - forests and steep rocks ...
... slope of the valley basked in the full warmth of the afternoon sun- which brought out a number of vipers - and was glowing with ripe corn ; while on the opposite mountain side , facing the N. , the sunless pine - forests and steep rocks ...
Page 30
... slope of terraced vineyards , stood out in relief , commanding the vast amphitheatre . A straight narrow line marked the long road to Courmayeur by St. Didier , the last of which we could barely see , embedded in the mouth of a deeply ...
... slope of terraced vineyards , stood out in relief , commanding the vast amphitheatre . A straight narrow line marked the long road to Courmayeur by St. Didier , the last of which we could barely see , embedded in the mouth of a deeply ...
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... slopes behind , while patches of cotton - grass alone broke the mono- tony of the milky waters of the still lake . On the opposite side in face of us rose the Montagne de l'Allée Blanche , capped with a cone of snow , called sometimes ...
... slopes behind , while patches of cotton - grass alone broke the mono- tony of the milky waters of the still lake . On the opposite side in face of us rose the Montagne de l'Allée Blanche , capped with a cone of snow , called sometimes ...
Page 50
... slopes of green pasture opposite they were assembling the cows to the " Ranz des Vaches , " a series of five rows of ... slope of high red rocks , on the north of the valley , its bright - blue crevassed ice pure to the very edge . While ...
... slopes of green pasture opposite they were assembling the cows to the " Ranz des Vaches , " a series of five rows of ... slope of high red rocks , on the north of the valley , its bright - blue crevassed ice pure to the very edge . While ...
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... slope towards the south- east by east at an angle of 45 ° at the least . We were quickly down at the châlets , which are still " Chez Miedan Gros , " the descendants of those " bonnes gens " who enter- tained De Saussure in the same ...
... slope towards the south- east by east at an angle of 45 ° at the least . We were quickly down at the châlets , which are still " Chez Miedan Gros , " the descendants of those " bonnes gens " who enter- tained De Saussure in the same ...
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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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