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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... reaching once more the line below which the larch and pine , at first stunted and thinly scattered , began to clothe the bases of the ... reached the little cluster of houses of St. Remy , in two hours CHAP . I. 23 DESCENT TO ST . REMY .
... reaching once more the line below which the larch and pine , at first stunted and thinly scattered , began to clothe the bases of the ... reached the little cluster of houses of St. Remy , in two hours CHAP . I. 23 DESCENT TO ST . REMY .
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... reached home and lighted the pipe of con- tentment . At length he consented , and a mule was found to take E. up to the summit of the Col , or as far as the snow permitted ; and the other , a sturdy animal , continued to carry the ...
... reached home and lighted the pipe of con- tentment . At length he consented , and a mule was found to take E. up to the summit of the Col , or as far as the snow permitted ; and the other , a sturdy animal , continued to carry the ...
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... reached the rocks on the right , before arriving at the snow , E. sent back her mule in charge of a stout peasant girl , who had walked lustily by it from St. Remy ; and packing the saddle on the top of the baggage , we began the ascent ...
... reached the rocks on the right , before arriving at the snow , E. sent back her mule in charge of a stout peasant girl , who had walked lustily by it from St. Remy ; and packing the saddle on the top of the baggage , we began the ascent ...
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... reached the green meadows . A brilliantly blue Delphinium of dwarf habit , which we had also seen between Orsières and St. Pierre , here again attracted our admiration for its lovely colour . I never remember seeing it in our gardens ...
... reached the green meadows . A brilliantly blue Delphinium of dwarf habit , which we had also seen between Orsières and St. Pierre , here again attracted our admiration for its lovely colour . I never remember seeing it in our gardens ...
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... reached the old moraine of 1818 , many hundred yards lower down , and rose at the same time up to the pathway below the chapel of " La Ber- rier . " In 1846 Forbes found the glacier much increased and approaching this moraine - an ...
... reached the old moraine of 1818 , many hundred yards lower down , and rose at the same time up to the pathway below the chapel of " La Ber- rier . " In 1846 Forbes found the glacier much increased and approaching this moraine - an ...
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