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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... Singular obelisk - View of Fer- - Dahlias - Arrive at Rimasco - Excursion to Rima Taglia Ferro Situation and people of Rima- - Church and charnel - house - Funeral procession · Carcofaro - The cure's garden- Cures and reve- nues of ...
... Singular obelisk - View of Fer- - Dahlias - Arrive at Rimasco - Excursion to Rima Taglia Ferro Situation and people of Rima- - Church and charnel - house - Funeral procession · Carcofaro - The cure's garden- Cures and reve- nues of ...
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... singular phenomenon he attributes to the friction of fine grit or earth in which the rock is partly buried . My hopes of examining it in situ were destined to be disappointed , but a portion of the block in the museum was kindly ...
... singular phenomenon he attributes to the friction of fine grit or earth in which the rock is partly buried . My hopes of examining it in situ were destined to be disappointed , but a portion of the block in the museum was kindly ...
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... singular insulated mass quaintly called the Tour des Fous , a fantastic pile of up- reared tables of quartz , of which these ranges in great part consist . They all run in a direction from N.E. to S.W. , parallel to and inclined against ...
... singular insulated mass quaintly called the Tour des Fous , a fantastic pile of up- reared tables of quartz , of which these ranges in great part consist . They all run in a direction from N.E. to S.W. , parallel to and inclined against ...
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... singular and dreary appearance , being composed of a slaty shale , so much decomposed as to form a rubbishy black soil , covered with knolls ; resembling a collection of old pit- mouths in some worn - out coal - field . Stunted crops of ...
... singular and dreary appearance , being composed of a slaty shale , so much decomposed as to form a rubbishy black soil , covered with knolls ; resembling a collection of old pit- mouths in some worn - out coal - field . Stunted crops of ...
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... singular feature is of itself well worth a visit . At length through golden crops of rye and barley , little hamlets and irregular gardens , we reached the green meadows . A brilliantly blue Delphinium of dwarf habit , which we had also ...
... singular feature is of itself well worth a visit . At length through golden crops of rye and barley , little hamlets and irregular gardens , we reached the green meadows . A brilliantly blue Delphinium of dwarf habit , which we had also ...
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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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