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which thè Sasso Bianco holds in reference to thè scenery by which it is encompassed. I am not acquainted with thè view from thè Bella Tola in thè Valley of thè Rhone ; but, judgìng from its Situation on thè map, it seems just possible that it may supply exactly thè parallel of which I am in search. The mass of Monte Pezza is of considerable extent. Counting from thè points locally known as Monte Alto on thè West, and Monte Forca on thè East, and from thè Val Pettorina on thè North to thè valley

of thè Biois on thè South, it must cover a space of nearly three and a half miles in length by two and a half in breadth. These, of course, are only rough measurements derived partly from personal observation, and partly based upon thè Austrian Ordnance Map. In superficial extent as well as in height, thè Sasso Bianco (or, more properly, thè Monte Pezza) much exceeds thè Monte Migion, thè Monte Frìsolet, and thè Monte Fernazza.* Of thè geology of thè mountain I am not competent to form an opinion

; but according to BalFs geological map, it is composed in part of Porphyry, and in part of Triassic. The light-coloured cliffs of thè summit, facing North, (being thè part especially designated as thè Sasso Bianco) are probably Dolomite. Both in colour and texture thè rock appears, at all events, to be of one piece with that of which thè great Primiero and Ampezzo peaks are composed. * It is curious that thè Monte Fernazza (also known as thè Monte Tos) should have been ascended thè previous summer

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thè Sasso di Ronch.* All thè heights and valleys on this side He spread out before us, like thè surface of a relief-map. We look down upon Monte Migion and Monte Frisolet—both green to thè top, and scattered over with hamlets, farms, cultivated fields, and fir-forests. Monte Migion, estimated by Trinker at 7,838 feet, lies full 400 feet below ; and Monte Frisolet considerably lower stili. The Val Pettorina opens just under our feet, and one could almost drop a stone down into thè little piazza

of Rocca, where thè Sagro is going on merrily. We can see thè peasants moving to and fro between thè church and a great white booth on thè top of which a red flag is flying. Now and then, when thè wind comes up this way, it brìngs faint echoes of thè bells, and of thè braying of a brass band. As for thè holidayTolk, they look exactly like a swarm of very small black insects, all in motion. Monte Fernazza, farther to thè right, appears to be considerably lower than Monte Migion, but not so low as Monte

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I cannot better describe thè Sasso Bianco than by adopting thè words of Clementi. It is not a mountain of thè first class ; but it is high for a mountain of thè second class. It is, for instance, 2000 feet, if not 2200 feet, higher than thè Rigi, and about 240 feet higher than thè Niesen. Its summit Stands about 200 feet higher above thè lake of Alleghe than thè summit of Monte Generoso above thè lake of Lugano. It rises considerably above thè free-line, and just falls short of thè snow-level

, That is to say, we found one unmelted snow-drift about 100 feet below thè summit, and there may bave been others which we did not see, lurking in inaccessible fissures and crevices, The snow was firm and pure, but thè quantity insignificant. As regards position, I. know of no minor Swiss mountain to which I can accurately compare thè Sasso Bianco. The Rigi is a mere outlying sentinel, and thè view it commands is too distant to be very striking. The same may be said of Monte Generoso, despite its

circuit of the Oberland, Monte Rosa, and Mont Blanc ranges, that moun tain would fairly represent the kind of position

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now leads out upon a wild and deso late mule-track skirting thè grilli flanks of Monte Fernazza—a gruesome mountain whose low black pre- cipices bave crashed down before now in maiiy a berg- fall, covering thè barren slopes with shattered débris and huge purply blocks all blistered over with poisonous- looking lichens. Winding now round thè head of thè glen by which we have come up from Alleghe, we arriva at last upon a grassy plateau at thè foot of an overhanging cliff which, though locally

called thè Monte Coldai, is in truth thè huge north-eastern shoulder of thè Civetta. Above here, in a hollow among thè rocks, nestles a small tarn called thè Lago Coldai, said to command a fine view, but we had not time to go so far out of our way. Beyond Monte Coldai, thè way lies up a fine rock- strewn gorge, just like thè gorge of thè A visio where it leads up to thè Fedaja Alp. Gradually we lose sight of thè long, fretted facade of thè Civetta, which retires behind thè Coldai rocks, and, looking

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Mezzodi, are visible above thè slopes of thè Forcella Forada. The topmost peak of thè Civetta also peers out above thè fìr-woods bordering thè eastern face of Monte Crot ; and far away, beyond thè sunny vista of thè Val Fiorentino, thè faint blue peak of thè Marmolata is seen against thè horizon, its snow-slope outlined in frosted silver. And now, following thè course of thè infant Fioretino torrent, we begin to leave thè Pelino behind at every step. One by one, thè villages of Pescul and Selva

, thè Col di Santa Lucia, thè Monte Frisolet, thè Sasso Bianco, come into view. Stopping for a few moments at Pescul, we go into thè little church to see a carved tabernacle by Brusetolon—a tiny, toy-like thing, evidently a recollection of thè Baldacchino at St, Peter’s, supported upon flowery twisted columns, crowned by an elaborate canopy, and enclosing a crucifixion group with figures about three inches in height. Some of thè little angels and cherubs clustered outside thè canopy are so tenderly

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than Monte Migion. Now Trinker gives the latter as 7,838 feet, which would bring thè Sasso Bianco up to 8,238 or 8,438 feet ; so that in this way too you get thè estimate of over 8,000 feet confirmed.” F.F.T. For the present, then, and until some more com petent traveder shall determine this point with accuracy, thè height of the Sasso Bianco may be allowed to stand at somethìng over 8,000 feet. Having spent two hours on the top, and seeing no hope of any change for the better on the Southern side

, we reluctantly packed up and carne down. Bythetime we reached Signora Pezzé’s pasturages, the Sagro was breaking up in Rocca, and the contadini who lived in the scattered farms and cottages of Monte Pezza were coming up homewards. All asked if we had had a goocì view ; if we were very tired ; if we hadfoundit difficult ; and how long it had taken us to get to the top. “ Brava i bravai ” said one old man. “ So, Signoras, * The temperature was certainly higher than this at times by fìve, if not ten degrees

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to be snterested in thè conversation. “Wheré ìs thè Sasso Bianco ? ” Clementi points to my sketch, and then to thè moun tain opposite. “ But that is the Monte Pezza ! ” I exclaim. “ Scusate, Signora—thè Sasso Bianco is the summit of the Monte Pezza. No traveller has ever been up there. It is new—new—new !” “ How can it be new ?” I ask, incredulously. “ It is not a very high mountain,” “ Scusate ancora, Signora—it is not a mountain of the first class ; but it is high, very high, for a mountain of the second

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dismissed. Dismissed, but not for- gotten. Those words “prima ascenzione ” are Caba- listic, and haunt the memory strangely. They invest the Monte Pezza with a special and peculiar interest ; so that it is no longer as other mountains are, but seems henceforth to bave a halo round its summit. But I must not folget the old peasant whom we met a little way below the goatherd’s cross, as we went down that afternoon. He was a fine old man, still handsome, dressed in a new suit of homespun frieze and

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, which rises due South of our Position, also gleams out now and then, as also does thè volcanic cone of Cima di Pape. What might be visible on this side under more favourable circum- stances, it is, of course, impossible to say; but I am in- clined to think the South ward view, including as it does thè Primiero group, would be finer than that from Monte Pavione, which is some 200 feèt lower than the Sasso Bianco. As it is, even with one half of the horizon continually obscured, we succeed

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which tili now had been standing out against the sky, has all at once dropped below the horizon, and is im- measurably overtopped by the towering altitudes of the Marmolata. The Boé, thè Cima di Pape, the Monte Vernale, thè Sasso di Val Fredda, and many another now-familiar peak, have also risen into view. But it is thè Marmolata that elaims all one’s attention, and ssems to fili thè scene. Presently, an obstinate cloud that has been clinging to thè highest point of thè sum mit clears off

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SHED ON SUMMIT OF PORDOI PASS also that a four-sided figure may be not less offensive than a triangle, but to you this is just a feeling. Jelly fish, if you like, I am all feelers. Within sight of Pieve di L,ivinalouga, from a perfervid bit of road, the previous picture was made, of the midday heat and the Sella dado along the sky. Music is in the names here. Monte Civetta, Sasso Bianco, Becco di Mezzodì, sing their way into you. When one is with them it is not possible to imagine them by any

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