¬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
Page 301 of 600
Author:
Gilbert, Josiah ; Churchill, George C. / by Josiah Gilbert, and G. C. Churchill
Place:
London
Publisher:
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Physical description:
XX, 576 S. : Ill., Kt.
Language:
Englisch
Subject heading:
g.Dolomiten ; f.Reisebericht 1861-1863
Location mark:
II A-4.101
Intern ID:
134614
hand, or Italy on thè other ; and thè villages, were occupied by soldiery, which made us nervons for onr night quarters. Another source of uneasiness on thè same score, was thè informa- tion that thè bishop of thè diocese was at thè time holding a Visitation at Krainberg, £ Avoid thè Post,’ said thè guide-hook. So we passed through thè town, and descended a steep hill to thè bridge, according to its fnrther directions —only to find thè inn there quite full. ‘ It is thè bishop that has filled thè
town, 5 we mildly suggested to thè stout old landlady, who had been emphatically demonstxating thè lack of accommodation. ‘Bishop, 5 said she, with a toss of her head and a ione of amazing contempi, e we don’t care for bishops bere ! 5 So we reascended thè bill and went humbly to crave admission at thè Post itself. There we found not only rooms decent enough, hut a young hostess, positively charming, and evidently much y oun ger than Mr. Murray. The eh ange of administrat ion in itself promised
well, and so it proved. We fared hetter there than for many a long day, always excepting Veldes, so that travellers need by no means £ avoid thè Post ’ in future. Krainberg looks an old town, as far as we could jndge by dusk and sfarlight, and it stands picturesquely on thè high bank of thè river. We were not to pursue thè Save
