Captain Musafir's Rambles in Alpine LandsW.H. Allen, 1884 - 150 páginas |
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... difficult by the fact that darkness set in before we had reached the plain , and we had to trust to our instinct to guide us . However , we reached the little inn at Feistritz about 9 P.M. , and found my old friend the landlord happy to ...
... difficult by the fact that darkness set in before we had reached the plain , and we had to trust to our instinct to guide us . However , we reached the little inn at Feistritz about 9 P.M. , and found my old friend the landlord happy to ...
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... , entirely dependent upon India , and the only use of which was to supply Anglo- Indians with beer and cheroots . It is difficult to believe that this is not an overdrawn picture ; but that RAMBLES IN ALPINE LANDS . 3.
... , entirely dependent upon India , and the only use of which was to supply Anglo- Indians with beer and cheroots . It is difficult to believe that this is not an overdrawn picture ; but that RAMBLES IN ALPINE LANDS . 3.
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... difficult and dangerous one it was , full of slippery places , and headlong descents , but in the presence of the white snow , outvying the rock itself in whiteness , and of the distant chamois clearly visible , no sense of this was ...
... difficult and dangerous one it was , full of slippery places , and headlong descents , but in the presence of the white snow , outvying the rock itself in whiteness , and of the distant chamois clearly visible , no sense of this was ...
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... difficult to conceive . It is a three - storied house , prettily built , and very well arranged . * In front of it , immediately on the banks of the lake , is a little pavilion built in the Swiss style , in which guests generally take ...
... difficult to conceive . It is a three - storied house , prettily built , and very well arranged . * In front of it , immediately on the banks of the lake , is a little pavilion built in the Swiss style , in which guests generally take ...
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... difficulty for the sculler is to balance himself . This is at first by no means easy , as the little skiff is extremely light , and its rather high sides catch every breath of wind . This surmounted , the next object is to use the ...
... difficulty for the sculler is to balance himself . This is at first by no means easy , as the little skiff is extremely light , and its rather high sides catch every breath of wind . This surmounted , the next object is to use the ...
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admiration Almhütte Anglo-Indians appeared Archduke arrived ascent Aussee Austria Bavarian beautiful Berchtesgaden Blochmann boat Bormio bright C.S.I. London Captain Musafir carriage castle chamois charming climb Colonel G. B. MALLESON comfortable Dachstein Danube descending distance Ebensee einspänner Emperor Engelberg English Engstlen Alp enjoy enjoyment Europe excursions famous feet fishing foliage foreground friends German glacier glorious Gmunden Golling Gosau Gratz green Grundl lake Hallein Hallstadt height hills hour India Innsbruck Ischl Jäger Jäkel Joch Pass journey Kanzler König's Krähmeyer ladies Lambach landlord Langbath language Linz little village lovely Lucerne magnificent miles mountains Musafir o'clock Obertraun once party Passau picturesque Pontresina pretty rain reached river road rock route Salzburg Salzkammergut scarcely scenery side sight smiling snow splendid steamer Styrian summit Switzerland Thalgau thence Titlis tour town Traun Traunkirchen Traunstein travellers Trieste Untersberg valley W. H. Allen walk Watzmann whilst wife Wild Hunter
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