Holidays in Tyrol : Kufstein, Klobenstein and Paneveggio
Pagina 357 di 385
Autore:
White, Walter / by Walter White
Luogo:
London
Editore:
Chapman and Hall
Descrizione fisica:
XVII, 361 S. : Kt.
Lingua:
Englisch
Soggetto:
g.Tirol ; s.Urlaubsreise ; f.Belletristische Darstellung
Segnatura:
II A-4.164
ID interno:
155553
Tlien we carne to thè edge of a precipice, and In long zigzaga went down thè Scala, or ìaclder, by which thè upper end of Yal Sugana has been macie accessible. It is some- thing like a descent on thè face of a great bastion. The valley at thè foot resembles mudi that we bave seen to-day, for it has precipitous stony walls, but its floor is green, and maize and grapes betoken fertility. And there, shut in below thè mighty precipice, something after thè manner of Leuker- bad, is thè village
at thè base of tali cliffs, and thè freest outlook is towarcls thè Scala, by which we descended. In one place I saw a patch of incrustation resembling that in thè cliff near Pontet ; and I saw men and women gardening on stony slopes as lovingly as if it were thè good ground that produces a liundred folti. At one o’clock in thè early morning, and at nine, a mes saggeria Starts for Trent. In either case thè joumey occupies ahout eight liours. To avoid thè great heat, I chose thè first ; went early