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which thè Sasso Bianco holds in reference to thè scenery by which it is encompassed. I am not acquainted with thè view from thè Bella Tola in thè Valley of thè Rhone ; but, judgìng from its Situation on thè map, it seems just possible that it may supply exactly thè parallel of which I am in search. The mass of Monte Pezza is of considerable extent. Counting from thè points locally known as Monte Alto on thè West, and Monte Forca on thè East, and from thè Val Pettorina on thè North to thè valley

of thè Biois on thè South, it must cover a space of nearly three and a half miles in length by two and a half in breadth. These, of course, are only rough measurements derived partly from personal observation, and partly based upon thè Austrian Ordnance Map. In superficial extent as well as in height, thè Sasso Bianco (or, more properly, thè Monte Pezza) much exceeds thè Monte Migion, thè Monte Frìsolet, and thè Monte Fernazza.* Of thè geology of thè mountain I am not competent to form an opinion

; but according to BalFs geological map, it is composed in part of Porphyry, and in part of Triassic. The light-coloured cliffs of thè summit, facing North, (being thè part especially designated as thè Sasso Bianco) are probably Dolomite. Both in colour and texture thè rock appears, at all events, to be of one piece with that of which thè great Primiero and Ampezzo peaks are composed. * It is curious that thè Monte Fernazza (also known as thè Monte Tos) should have been ascended thè previous summer

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thè Sasso di Ronch.* All thè heights and valleys on this side He spread out before us, like thè surface of a relief-map. We look down upon Monte Migion and Monte Frisolet—both green to thè top, and scattered over with hamlets, farms, cultivated fields, and fir-forests. Monte Migion, estimated by Trinker at 7,838 feet, lies full 400 feet below ; and Monte Frisolet considerably lower stili. The Val Pettorina opens just under our feet, and one could almost drop a stone down into thè little piazza

of Rocca, where thè Sagro is going on merrily. We can see thè peasants moving to and fro between thè church and a great white booth on thè top of which a red flag is flying. Now and then, when thè wind comes up this way, it brìngs faint echoes of thè bells, and of thè braying of a brass band. As for thè holidayTolk, they look exactly like a swarm of very small black insects, all in motion. Monte Fernazza, farther to thè right, appears to be considerably lower than Monte Migion, but not so low as Monte

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jagged ridge of Monte Padon, rise just North of the extreme Eastern end of thè Marmolata, which is buttressed on this side by the black preeipices of Seranta. Monte Vernale, repeating from here as from Canazei its curious resemblance to thè Marmolata, lurks dose under the Southward wall of its huge neighbour, being divided from it by only a little green slope considerably higher than the Fedaja pass, which Clementi points out as thè Forcella di Contrin (9,052 feet), and which is also known

as thè Forcella di Val Ombretta, and as thè Passo di Val Fredda, Still lower down towards the South-West lies thè Sasso di Val Fredda, still unascended; a little beyond it comes the Monte Ricobetta, loeally known as the Monzon, 8,634 feet in height ; and on the same parallel, but still farther West, Monte Latemar, on whose summit the vapours rest all day. North-West of thè Marmolata, about nine miles distant as the crow flies, rise the snow-streaked bastions of thè Sella Massif, of which, however

, only two great towers—thè Boé and thè Campolungo Spitz—are seen from this side ; while in an opening between thè Boé and thè Marmolata rises a noble, solitary rock which proves to be the Lang Kofel, 10,392 feet in height, and distant about thirteen English miles, A tiny glimpse of the Rosengarten is also seen in thè gap above the Forcella di Contrin. Returning now to the point from which we started, and looking due North straight over thè top of Monte Migion, the pinky snow-streaked line of the

Sett Sass, divided from Monte Lagazuoi by the Valparola pass,

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zigzag. The village is but just over the border ; and yet the houses and the people are as thoroughly Italian as if buried alive in the heart of the Apennines. It lies in a deep hollow at the foot of four mountains and at the junction of four valleys. The four mountains are the Monte Frisolet, the Monte Migion, the Monte Pezza, and the Monte Fernazza, locally known as the Monte Tos. The four valleys are the Val di Livinal- lungo, thè Val Fiorentino, thè Val Pettorina, and the Val d’Alleghe

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trees already fhick with clusters of new fruit. Monte Lucano, in form like a younger brother of the Pelmo, towered high into the morning mist on the one hand, and the wild peaks of Monte Pizz and Monte Agnara peered out fitfully now and then upon the other. Thus we reached and passed Voltago—a picturesque village surrounded by green firwoods and slopes of Indian corn. In the valley below gleamed Agordo, with its white dorne ; and against the Eastern horizon rose the pinky peaks of Monte Lasteie, the

shadowv ridge of Monte Pramper, and the stränge, solitary

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behind, the scenery be- comes grander with each mile of the way. Every opening gorge to right and left discloses fresh peaks and glimpses of new horizons. The pine slopes, last evening so gloomy, are outlined in sunshine this morn ing ; and the torrent ripples along its bed of glittering white pebbles, like a blue ribbon with a silver border. The valley from this point looks like a cui de sac. The road runs up to thè foot of a great barrier of stony débris at thè base of Monte Giralba on the one side

, and there, to all appearance, ends abruptly ; Monte Rosiana (locally known as Monte Rugiana) putsforth a gigantic buttress on the other ; while thè Col Agnello, a wild pile of peaks not far short of 10,000 feet in height, rises, an impassable barricade, between the two. It is not tili one has driven quite up to this point that the valley, instead of being hopelessly bloeked, is found to turn off sharply to thè left, narrowing to a mere gorge, and winding round thè western flank of Monte Rosiana

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peer up here and there above the harren hills to the left; and straight ahead, far beyond Moena, rises the Monte Boé, looking like an immense fort on a grand pedestal of rock, its battlements lost in the clouds. This Monte Boé, the southernmost bastion of thè huge Sella Massif, is also known as the Monte Pordoi. It has been ascended by Dr. Grohmann, who calculates its height at 10,341 feet. Passing through Moena—a large, straggling, wood- cutting village—and erossing a couple of bridges

, we leave thè high road and strike up a steep mule-path on the opposite bank of the torrent. It is the same valley, and the same water ; but here above Moena, it is called thè Fassa Thal. Looking back from this higher ground, we get a fine view over the Monte Latemar (8,983 feet) and its far-reaching fir-forests ; while the wild peaks of the Rosengarten and Lang Kofel carne into sight above the lower slopes of Costa lunga. And now, in rieh contrast to the pallid Dolomites soaring high in the distance

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that mountain and the Monte Crot. Forthe first four hours of the journey, we are sìmply retracìng our route of the day before yesterday. A little beyond Dont (whence there is an easy and interesting way to Agordo by the Val Duram) thè Pelmo rises up, pale, and shadowy, and most “ majestical ” ; while at San Nicolo the Civetta comes into sight again, half-hidden in rolling, silvery mists. Beyond Marezon, about half way between that village and Pecol, the roads divide, and. we turn, off from the Val

di Zoldo up a long, grassy, undulating valley lying between the Pelmo, thè Monte Crot, and the back of the Monte Fernazza. This valley, known as the valley of Pallafavera, is thè common property of thè Communes of Marezon and Pecol, who divide the pastures equally. Between thè Monte Crot—a small but finely-shaped pyramidal mountain—and thè Pelmo, whieh from here looks like a cloudy Tower of Babel, thei'e rises a long green slope leading to thè top of the pass. Here, in the shade of a big tree

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AURONZO AND VAL BUONA. iS5 comparison in point of insecurity with Portici, Torre del Greco, or any others of thè Vesuvian villages. Now thè road, which has been very bad all thè way from Cadore, slopes gradually down towards thè bed of thè torrent, passing within sight of Lorenzago to thè right, and under thè impending precipices of Monte Cornon to thè left. Mountain and village has each its legend. Lorenzago, picturesquely perched on one of thè lower slopes of Monte Cridola, claims to be thè

scene of thè martyrdom of Saint Florian, a popular Tyrolean saint, whose intercession is supposed to be of especial efficacy in cases of fire ; while Monte Cornon is said to derive its name from an incident in thè history of Cadore thus related by Mr. Gilbert “ Along thè slopes above this gorge, in thè war of 1509, a division of Maximilian’s troops was cautiously advancing, when thè notes of a horn (corno) broke suddenly from thè misty mountain side. It was but a casual herdsman sounding

, as is stili thè custom there at certain seasons, to warn off bears ; but supposing themselves to be attacked by thè Cadore people, panie seized thè invaders, and they fled thè way they carne, over thè Santa Croce pass to Sexten.”— Cadore , p. g2. The same rustie horn, sounded for thè same purpose, may be heard here on quiet autumn evenings to this day, whal time thè bears come prowling down to rob orchards in thè valley ; and it is remarkable that there are more bears in thè district about Monte Cornon

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off towards thè right—still, as yesterday, winding along thè great pine-slopes of Monte Frisolet, but following thè Eastward instead of thè Westward face of thè mountain. It was uphill nearly all thè way. Giuseppe, however, had provided two stout alpenstocks of his own cutting, and with this good help we pushed forward rapidly. The path lay half in shade and half in sunshine, com- manding now a peep into thè depths of thè valley below ; now a view of thè great “slide”* on thè opposite shoulder

of Monte Fernazza ; and now a back- ward glimpse of thè Civetta seen above a crowd of intervening hill-tops. Thus at thè end of a long pulì of rather less than an hour and a half, we found ourselves some 1,500 feet above thè level from which we had started, and dose upon thè Col di Santa Lucia—a curious saddle-backed hill like a lion couchant, keeping guard just at thè curve of thè Val Fiorentino. His neck is crested with a straggling line of Swiss-looking wooden houses, and his head is crowned

forests is shot into thè valley without thè labour and expense of transport. The slide of Monte Fernazza, however, is a mere forest-clearing about 40 feet in width and 800 or 900 in length, carried down thè face of an almost perpendicular hill-side.

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I cannot better describe thè Sasso Bianco than by adopting thè words of Clementi. It is not a mountain of thè first class ; but it is high for a mountain of thè second class. It is, for instance, 2000 feet, if not 2200 feet, higher than thè Rigi, and about 240 feet higher than thè Niesen. Its summit Stands about 200 feet higher above thè lake of Alleghe than thè summit of Monte Generoso above thè lake of Lugano. It rises considerably above thè free-line, and just falls short of thè snow-level

, That is to say, we found one unmelted snow-drift about 100 feet below thè summit, and there may bave been others which we did not see, lurking in inaccessible fissures and crevices, The snow was firm and pure, but thè quantity insignificant. As regards position, I. know of no minor Swiss mountain to which I can accurately compare thè Sasso Bianco. The Rigi is a mere outlying sentinel, and thè view it commands is too distant to be very striking. The same may be said of Monte Generoso, despite its

circuit of the Oberland, Monte Rosa, and Mont Blanc ranges, that moun tain would fairly represent the kind of position

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now leads out upon a wild and deso late mule-track skirting thè grilli flanks of Monte Fernazza—a gruesome mountain whose low black pre- cipices bave crashed down before now in maiiy a berg- fall, covering thè barren slopes with shattered débris and huge purply blocks all blistered over with poisonous- looking lichens. Winding now round thè head of thè glen by which we have come up from Alleghe, we arriva at last upon a grassy plateau at thè foot of an overhanging cliff which, though locally

called thè Monte Coldai, is in truth thè huge north-eastern shoulder of thè Civetta. Above here, in a hollow among thè rocks, nestles a small tarn called thè Lago Coldai, said to command a fine view, but we had not time to go so far out of our way. Beyond Monte Coldai, thè way lies up a fine rock- strewn gorge, just like thè gorge of thè A visio where it leads up to thè Fedaja Alp. Gradually we lose sight of thè long, fretted facade of thè Civetta, which retires behind thè Coldai rocks, and, looking

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CHAPTER XI. THE FASSA THAL AND THE FEDAJA PASS. PAGE A VILLAGE IN A CRATER—FRED AZZO AND ITS COMMERCE—PRO SPERITY VERSUS PICTURESQUENESS — FQOTSTEPS OF THE ETRUSCANS—THE VAE D’AVISIO—MOENA—THE PORPHYRY OF THE FASSA THAL—VIGO AND THE FAT MAIDEN—CAMPIDELLO — MONTE VERNALE—THE GORGE OF THE AVISIO—THE FEDAJA ALP AND THE FEDAJA LAKE — THE GORGE OF SOTTOGUDA AGAIN—HOME TO CAPRILE 287 CHAPTER XII. THE SASSO BIANCO. OROGRAPHY OF THE SASSO BIANCO—ITS PANORAMIC POSITION— ITS SUPERFICIAL EXTENT — ITS

GEOLOGY—ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN—AN EXQUISITE MORNING—ANOTHER SAGRO—THE CORN-ZONE—THE PEZZÉ PROPERTY—THE WILD-FLOWER ZONE —THE UPPER PASTURAGES—WA 1 TING FOR THE MISTS—THE LAST SLOPE—THE SUMMIT—THE VIEW TO THE NORTH—THE ZILLERTHAL AND ANTHOLZER ALPS—THE GROSS VENEDIGER —GLIMPSES ON THE SOUTH SIDE—ESTIMATED HEIGHT OF THE SASSO BIANCO — THE DESCENT — G RATIFICATION OF THE NATIVES . 307 CHAPTER XIII. \ FORNO DI ZÖLDO AND ZOPPÉ. DN THE ROAD AGAIN—NEAR VIEW OF THE CIVETTA—ADVENTURE WITH A SNAKE — MONTE

FERNAZZA — MONTE COLDAI — THE MARMOLATA FROM THE PASS OF ALLEGHE—UNEXPECTED VIEW OF THE PELMO—THE MOUNTAINS OF VAL DI ZQLDO— THE BACK OF THE CIVETTA — THE VALLEY OF' ZOLDO — THE HORRORS OF CERCENA’S INN — THE SCULPTOR OF BRAGAREZZA — ZQPPÉ ; ITS PAROCO, AND ITS TITIAN — LUNCHEON IN A TYROLEAN COUNTRY-HOUSE—BRUSETQLON AND HIS WORKS—SPECIMEN OF A NATIVE—VALLEY AND PASS OF PALLAFAVERA—IN THE SHADE OF THE PELMO—PESCUL— SELVA AND THE ABORIGINES—CAPRILE AGAIN . . . .329

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MAP. PACE AUTHOR’s route map 25 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. THE SASSO BIANCO FROM VAL CORDEVOLE .... Frotitispiece. MONTE ANTELAO . Ta face 93 MONTE CRISTALLO AND PIC PO PENA . . . . . . „ I25 TITIAN’S BIRTHPLACE . 134 THE SASSO DI RONCH „ 221 PRIMIERO 258 PANORAMIC VIEW OF VAL DI CANALI ....... 268 MONTE PELMO Ta face 349 THE ROSENGARTEN, FROM BOTZEN 359 WOOD ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT. PEASANT WOMAN OF LIVINALLUNGO Vignette. LAKE OF SANTA CROCE THE PIC GALLINA

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PAGE HIGH STREET, CORTINA 73 UNKNOWN MOUNTAINS NEAR CORTINA 89 THE DREI ZINNEN . I2 6 NEAR CORTINA 129 VALLEY OF AURONZO 159 VENETI AN LION AT CAPRILE . jgy MONTE CIVETTA. . . . . 189 THE SASSO DI RON CH , . . 213 THE SASSO BIANCO 223 CASTEL PIETRA 348 PREDAZZQ ............. 290 MONTE MARMOLATA, FROH THE PASS OF ALLEGHE .... 333 MONTE SERRATA 344 385 THE AIGUILLES OF THE SCHLERM

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Mezzodi, are visible above thè slopes of thè Forcella Forada. The topmost peak of thè Civetta also peers out above thè fìr-woods bordering thè eastern face of Monte Crot ; and far away, beyond thè sunny vista of thè Val Fiorentino, thè faint blue peak of thè Marmolata is seen against thè horizon, its snow-slope outlined in frosted silver. And now, following thè course of thè infant Fioretino torrent, we begin to leave thè Pelino behind at every step. One by one, thè villages of Pescul and Selva

, thè Col di Santa Lucia, thè Monte Frisolet, thè Sasso Bianco, come into view. Stopping for a few moments at Pescul, we go into thè little church to see a carved tabernacle by Brusetolon—a tiny, toy-like thing, evidently a recollection of thè Baldacchino at St, Peter’s, supported upon flowery twisted columns, crowned by an elaborate canopy, and enclosing a crucifixion group with figures about three inches in height. Some of thè little angels and cherubs clustered outside thè canopy are so tenderly

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Pacchimi , Coriusa Matthioli, Avena Hostii, and A splenium Seelosii. This excursion involves a night, and a hay-bed in a chalet on the Agnerola Alp at the foot of the Pavione rocks ; but this is a difficulty that would not bave deterred us, had we been travelling in a 1 arger party. The ascent of Monte Arzon, a mountain rising about 8,700 feet, and situated in a fine central position about three miles N.W. of Primiero, is also strongly reeom- mended by the local guides. A very interesting excursion

, however, and one which can be accomplished all the way on mules, is to the Ponte dello Schios on Monte Vederne, a small wooded mountain bordering the west bank of the Cismone, about three miles below Primiero. The way thither lies along the main road as far as the villages of Mezzano and Imer ; thence over the Cismone bridge, and up a rough caretta track all black underfoot from charcoal droppings, which skirts the pine-slopes over- hanging thè gorge of the Noana. The path rises and wirids

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Nessols, though riderlesSj clamber and struggle with thè utmost diffi- culty. At length one last great step is surmounted, and an immense park-like plateau scattered over with clumps of larches and firs, threaded by numberless ti'ny tor- rents, and radiant with wild-flowers, opens away for miles before our eyes, like a rolling sea of rich green sward. This is the summit oi thè Gosalda pass. The village of Gosalda, a rainbling hamlet lying high on the mountain-side, facing Monte Pizaon, Monte Prabello

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we have long ago overtopped thè Sasso di Ronch, which from here looks no bigger than a milestone ; and that we are already higher than thè highest ridge of Monte Frisolet. Meanwhile, however, thè morning dews keep rising in white vaporous masses from thè depths of thè valley below, threatening before long to intercept thè view. If they should rise to our own level when once we are on thè top, as they seem only too likely to do, it is plain that our chances of a panoramic view are lost beyond

,. where it climbs thè steep verge of Monte Cavo. Here thè mules scramble on fìrst, and, reaching thè green level above, set off on their own account. In vain Clementi runs and shouts after them. They trot resolutely on, till, reaching a little hollow among bushes and deep grass, they bury their noses in a cool rill which they had scented from afar off. Clementi, Corning up red and breathless, wrenches their heads out of thè water, and overwhelms them with reproaches. “ Holy Mother ! what do they mean

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and majestic-looking mountain I had everseen ; and I think so still. The lake of Alleghe lies about two miles S.S.E. of Caprile, in a green amphitheatre at the foot of the Civetta, the Monte Pezza, and the Monte Fernazza. The way to it lies along the left bank of the Cordevole, which here flows in a broad, strong current, and is bordered on the side of the char-road by a barren, pebbly tract sparsely overgrown with weeds and bushes. The river is dark, and deep, and brown ; the lake, which is but

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