A Lady's Tour Round Monte Rosa, with Visits to the Italian Valleys [...]Longman, 1859 - 402 страници |
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... feet , and Monte Rosa 15,284 feet , above the level of the sea . 2ndly . It is remarkable for the number of its lofty peaks , which are clustered together in a nucleus , which forms the summit , where huge chains of mountains meet and ...
... feet , and Monte Rosa 15,284 feet , above the level of the sea . 2ndly . It is remarkable for the number of its lofty peaks , which are clustered together in a nucleus , which forms the summit , where huge chains of mountains meet and ...
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... feet when riding . This prevents the dress from being soiled , and in case of bad weather also serves to keep one dry . A Scotch plaid or two , which may serve as shawls , blankets , or even sheets , according to the exigency of ...
... feet when riding . This prevents the dress from being soiled , and in case of bad weather also serves to keep one dry . A Scotch plaid or two , which may serve as shawls , blankets , or even sheets , according to the exigency of ...
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... feet from bruises in coming down stony paths , and that in a few days , after having felt the protection they afford , one learns to regard them with great complacency and gratitude . What are called " military heels " would be ...
... feet from bruises in coming down stony paths , and that in a few days , after having felt the protection they afford , one learns to regard them with great complacency and gratitude . What are called " military heels " would be ...
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... feet over its massy flank , 3000 feet above its glacier base , and 14,000 above the sea , -a wall truly of some majesty , at once the most pre- cipitous and the strongest mass in the whole chain of the Alps , the Mont Cervin . " It has ...
... feet over its massy flank , 3000 feet above its glacier base , and 14,000 above the sea , -a wall truly of some majesty , at once the most pre- cipitous and the strongest mass in the whole chain of the Alps , the Mont Cervin . " It has ...
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... feet deep with their ruins , a mass of loose and slaty shale , of a dull red - brick colour , which yields beneath the foot like ashes , so that , in running down , you step one yard and slide three . The rock is indeed hard beneath ...
... feet deep with their ruins , a mass of loose and slaty shale , of a dull red - brick colour , which yields beneath the foot like ashes , so that , in running down , you step one yard and slide three . The rock is indeed hard beneath ...
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Æggisch-horn Airolo Alagna Aletsch Glacier Alpine amused Aosta appearance arrived ascend baggage Baranca beautiful Brieg carriage châlets Châtillon clouds Cogne colour companions cross Crown 8vo curé d'Ollen delight descended distance Domo d'Ossola Edition English enjoyed excursion fatigue feet Fobello foot Fritz Gemstein gentlemen Görner Gressonay Gries Pass Grimsel Grivola height horses Hospice hour Isella Italian side Italian valleys journey lady lake landlord Leukerbad lofty looked Lyskamm Macugnaga magnificent Maps Märjelen Mattmarksee mist Mont Blanc Mont Cervin Monte Rosa morning Moro mountain mule occasion Omegna Orta ourselves pass path peak Pierre Pile Alpe Ponte porter Post 8vo precipice rain reached Rhone Rhone Glacier road rocks round salle-à-manger scenery seemed seen Simplon snow speedily steep stone summit Théodule travellers Val Anzasca Val Tournanche Varallo Viesch view of Monte village Visp vols walk weather Weisshorn whilst Woodcuts Zermatt
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