Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 (Volume 2) - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 123515730X ISBN 13: 9781235157301

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1844. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LETTER IV. Entrance to the Tyrol.--Village Fete.--Pass Strub.--Svvartz.--. Inapruck. Monday, 8th September. We left Salzburg at ten o'clock, on a fine sunny morning. We were about to penetrate the most celebrated passes of the Tyrol,--and the name has magic in it. We wound through the plain of the Salzkammergut, hedged in by lofty mountains, that rise sheer and abrupt from the plain, without any apparent opening by which their recesses may be penetrated. The Tyrol is the most continuously mountainous district in Europe. Switzerland contains plains and lakes--the Tyrol has only denies and ravines, hedged in closely on all sides by precipice and mountain; while, in the depths, the torrents from the hills unite and form rivers, which turn many a mill-wheel destined for domestic use, besides carrying the riches of the country (salt) down various canals, fed by them, till it reaches the Danube. Once, these streams were laden with the hopes--the fate--of the Tyrolese, and watched with beating hearts by the heroes about to combat for their country--by the women and children who sympathised with and aided the stronger sex in their glorious struggle. The night of the 8th April, 1809, was fixed on for the general rising of the peasantry against the French and Bavarians: the signal agreed upon was throwing sawdust into the Inn, which floated down, and was seen and understood by the peasants. In addition to this, a plank with a little pennon was launched on the river and borne down the stream, and hailed with enthusiasm, as it carried the tidings that all were about to rise to liberate their country. It is by these defiles--that of the Saal--and afterwards of the Inn -- that travellers reach the Brenner. We approached the mighty crags, and by degrees they closed around us, ...

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