Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps,: By which Italy Communicates with France, Switzerland, and Germany, Том 1Author, 11, Caroline Street, Bedford Square; And sold, 1829 |
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Adige Albenga Alpnach Alps amidst appears Argentière Arona ascends Austrians Barcelonnette beautiful Bellinzona beneath Bernardin bishops of Sion Bond Street Botzen Brenner bridge Brockedon London canton Carriage Road castle Céard Cogoleto Coire Col de Tende Crevola crosses deep defile descends distance Domo d'Ossola Dovedro Drawn Embrun End Vignette English feet Engraved Formazza France French gallery Genoa Genoese glaciers Gries Grimsel Grisons Guillestre height Hinter-Rhin ingénieurs inhabitants Inspruck Lago Maggiore leagues little plain Lombardy miles Misocco Monte Porgine mountains mules Napoleon Nice numbers Oneglia overhang passage path Piedmont Plate the fifth Polonceau Polybius Pont presented Proprietor by Rodwell Published ravine Rhine Rhinwald Rhone river road passes rocks route Roveredo ruins Saint Saorgio Sardinia Savona Savoy scene scenery seen shores side Simplon situated Splugen Stura summit thence Title Vignette Toccia torrent town traveller trees Trent Trostberg Tyrol Tyrolese Ubaye Valais valley Venadio Ventimiglia village whence zig-zag
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Стр. 35 - In viewing the descent of the trees, my nephew and I stood quite close to the edge of the trough, not being more interested about any thing than to experience the impression which the near view of so singular an object must make on a spectator. The noise, the rapidity of the motion...
Стр. 35 - ... rapidity of the motion, the magnitude of the moving body, and the force with which it seemed to shake the trough as it passed, were altogether very formidable, and conveyed an idea of danger much greater than the reality. Our guide refused to partake of our amusement ; he retreated behind a tree at some distance, where he had the consolation to be assured by Mr Rupp, that he was no safer than we were, as a tree, when it happened to bolt from the trough, would often cut the standing trees clear...
Стр. 35 - Barricades — a narrow defile, where defences of the valley were formerly erected, and which was often the scene of desperate conflicts — the road is carried along a shelf of rock above the river, and has been cut out of the precipices which darken and overhang the ravine, and offers an almost impregnable barrier to the passage of the valley.
Стр. 35 - ... station, by half depressing the board, and the workmen from above and below come to assist in getting out the tree that has stuck, or correcting any thing that is wrong in the slide from the springing of a beam in the slide ; and thus the interruption to the work is rendered as short as possible. " We saw five trees come down. The place where we stood was near the lower end, and the declivity was inconsiderable (the bottom of the slide nearly resting on the surface), yet the trees passed with...
Стр. 35 - We saw five trees come down ; the place where we stood was near the lower end, and the declivity was inconsiderable, (the bottom of the slide nearly resting on the surface,) yet the trees passed with astonishing rapidity. The greatest of them was a spruce fir a hundred feet long, four feet in diameter at the lower end, and one foot at the upper. The greatest trees are those that descend with the greatest rapidity ; and the velocity as well as the roaring of this one was evidently greater than of...
Стр. 35 - ... or four fatal accidents ; and one instance was the consequence of excessive temerity. " I have mentioned, that a provision was made for keeping the bottom of the trough wet. This is a very useful precaution ; the friction is greatly diminished, and the swiftness is greatly increased by that means. In rainy weather, the trees move much faster than in dry. We were assured, that when the trough was everywhere in its most perfect condition, the weather wet, and the trees very large, the descent was...
Стр. 35 - ... by the Val Stura into the plains. Having reached in safety the town of Savigliano, the French party proceeded to attack Colonna at Carmagnole. It is probable that he had received some information of their intention, for he hastily left Carmagnole to join a body of Swiss troops under the cardinal Schinner at Pignerol. On his way thither he stopped to dine at Villefranche, where the French surprised him and made him prisoner. The gallant party then fell back upon Fossano to await the descent of...
Стр. 2 - Genoa generally disappoints the traveller's expectation," and he thinks, that the title of superb has been improperly bestowed upon it. " The palaces," he says, " have the representation, rather than the reality of architectural enrichment. Columns, porticoes, pediments, and architraves, statues, and arabesques, are painted on the facades, and sometimes even upon tawdry pink and yellow grounds ; and what appears to be splendour is only pretence.
Стр. 35 - ... vestige of a chemin remains, for the violence of the Ubaye, and the streams which fall into it, is so great in the winter, as to leave the entire valley for miles a bed of stones and black mud. After crossing a hill, and descending a zig-zag road at the pass of La Tour, in losing sight of Laurent, all is again sterile. On looking back, the deep course of the Ubaye is seen issuing from the defile of La Tour, and the grand forms of the mountain of Cugulion des Trois Eveques, present a .scene which...