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 |
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Page iii
... Pass - Object of tour- - Preparatory arrangements -- Convent - Historical associations - Pennine Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early service - Peasants at breakfast - St. Remy- the Col de Serena - Morgex to Courmayeur CHAPTER II . Pass ...
... Pass - Object of tour- - Preparatory arrangements -- Convent - Historical associations - Pennine Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early service - Peasants at breakfast - St. Remy- the Col de Serena - Morgex to Courmayeur CHAPTER II . Pass ...
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... the cure's Party of priests — Schools and education - Fenêtre de St. Barthélemy - Suspicious cha- racters - Torgnon — Antey - Valtouruanche .. - - 184 CHAPTER IX . VAL TOURNANCHE . Valtournanche - Pass of iv CONTENTS .
... the cure's Party of priests — Schools and education - Fenêtre de St. Barthélemy - Suspicious cha- racters - Torgnon — Antey - Valtouruanche .. - - 184 CHAPTER IX . VAL TOURNANCHE . Valtournanche - Pass of iv CONTENTS .
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... PASS AND GLACIER OF THE GRIES to face page 439 .. page 445 491 551 .. .. MAP OF MONT BLANC and ENVIRONS MAP OF MONTE ROSA AND ENVIRONS PLAN OF AOSTA MAP OF ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE ALPS .. to face page 34 78 124 19 at the end ...
... PASS AND GLACIER OF THE GRIES to face page 439 .. page 445 491 551 .. .. MAP OF MONT BLANC and ENVIRONS MAP OF MONTE ROSA AND ENVIRONS PLAN OF AOSTA MAP OF ITALIAN VALLEYS OF THE PENNINE ALPS .. to face page 34 78 124 19 at the end ...
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... Pass - Object of tour - Preparatory arrangements Convent Historical associations - Pennine Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early service - Peasants at breakfast St. Remy - Pass of the Col de Serena - Morgex to Courmayeur . - THERE ...
... Pass - Object of tour - Preparatory arrangements Convent Historical associations - Pennine Alps - Chronicles of St. Bernard - Early service - Peasants at breakfast St. Remy - Pass of the Col de Serena - Morgex to Courmayeur . - THERE ...
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... pass , on a former visit , late in the year ; nor shall we soon forget our feelings on reaching the Hospice , far on in the night , having lost our way in a heavy snow - storm , and been over- taken by darkness , which involved us in ...
... pass , on a former visit , late in the year ; nor shall we soon forget our feelings on reaching the Hospice , far on in the night , having lost our way in a heavy snow - storm , and been over- taken by darkness , which involved us in ...
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Alagna Alpine Alps ancient Aosta ascent avalanches baggage Barailler beautiful Bernard blue bouquetin bridge châlets Challant chamois Châtillon church climb clouds Cogne colour Courmayeur Cramont crevasses crossed curé d'Ossola dark deep Delapierre descending distance Doire Fcap feet foot forest German glacier glen gneiss gorge granite green Gressoney Grivola head height houses Italian La Thuile larch lofty looked lower Macugnaga mass meadows Mont Blanc Mont Velan Monte Rosa Mora moraine morning mule narrow night pass path peaks Piedmont pine Post 8vo precipice range reached remarkable rich ridge Rimasco Rimella road rocks Roman round scene scenery Second Edition seemed seen Sesia singular slope snow steep stone stream summit Taurini torrent track trees Turin Val d'Aosta Val d'Ayas Val d'Ossola Val de Lys Val Sesia valley Valpelline Varallo vast village Vols walls wild Woodcuts Zumstein
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