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Geografia, guide
Anno:
1864
¬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
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Pagina 449 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
and pointing with an irapressive fìnger toward one of those livid rifts, ‘That,’ said he, ‘is thè Forbidden Way,’ and then with rapid pantomimic action, he poignarded his stoni ach and pistolled his ear. It was very dreadful, but what did it mean ? The best we could make out was, that a path existed there over thè Sella to thè Val Fassa, which either on account of thè smuggling facilities it offbred, or from certain robberies and assassinations of which it had been thè scene, had been closed

; and was now anxious to fulfil bis task and he gone before the Gruerdenazza itself should become thè scene of a tempest. He showed us the deep valley into which we must descend ; assured us we could not lose the way when fairly off thè summit ; and then with bis companion tumed at a rapid pace to- wards the advancing gloom. We, as rapidly, plunged downward, and in t-hree minutes were utterly lost among edges of impossible precipices. They feil in tenace after tenace on every side. At thè same

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