¬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 467 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
Agordo it lay distant eight or nine hours over a mountain track. There was a choice of two paths; but as one passed through the scorched and bare neighbourhood of the quicksilver mine, we preferred that which, mounting over the cheerful-looking liills west of Agordo,, led by the •fide of Monte Agner, and, as we hoped, within view of the great central block of those parte, thè Sasso di Campo. Two ponies carried our baggage, and on Tuesday, Sep tember 2, a ciear though cloudy morning, we were on the
march soon after six. Eising for some hours out of the basin of Agordo, its noble sweep'of mountains through east and south could not he better seen ; but Monte Agner, to the north, retired lbehind thè near green hilis, and the Sasso di Campo never showed at all. Villages, woods, grassy slopes, and rocky ravines, succeeded each otber. Gosaldo appeared thè most prosperous of thè hamléts, and a large church was building there. A path for pedestrians strikes off here for Primiero, and Crossing dose
under thè Campo, is probably well worth exploring. Our guide pre ferred for bis ponies a charming ferrace sort of lane, wind- ing in and out among thickets of hazel, but seldom losing sight for long of the deep valley on the left, where lay Sagron, one of the most an cient Settlements in thè districi The route from the quicksilver mine, which our’s joins by-and-bye, lies along this valley; and down a gorge
