¬The¬ Dolomite Mountains : excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863 ; with a geological chapter and pictorial illustrations from original drawings on the spot
Pagina 121 di 600
Autore:
Gilbert, Josiah ; Churchill, George C. / by Josiah Gilbert, and G. C. Churchill
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Descrizione fisica:
XX, 576 S. : Ill., Kt.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1861-1863
Segnatura:
II A-4.101
ID interno:
134614
purpose we had taten the Brenner route. Churchill has told how he spent four days at Ratzes, thè little bath-house under the Schiern. That was to he our first resting-plaee, selected because of its easy access from the Botzen road, and as the best point for the ascent both of the Schiern and the Seisser Alp —- that grand plateau surrounded by Bolomite peaks, over wbose pastures lies the track to Campitelio. This latter village, at thè head of thè Fassa Thal, would be our next quarters for
year utilised and extended, He had then started for bis adven- fcures from the small post-honse of Atzwang, fourteen miles above Botzen ; and to this spot also our places were taken, thè diligence being due there about 8.30, a.m. We had written from Innsbruck for a baggage-horse to be in readiness, and, for the rest, proposed that our wives should there taste, for the first time, the pleasures of pedes- trianism, Sterzing is at the Brenner foot, but we passed it in tbe dark and asleep, uninindfiil
