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Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett.
- William Beattie
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Switzerland / by William Beattie ; illustrated, in a series of views taken expressly for this work, by W.H. Bartlett. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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- Found on image 13 / 318…f Chamouni...Characteristics of Natives...Hymn by Coleridge 24—32 PASSAGE OF THE TETE NOIRE.—Argentiere...Rash Adventurers...Legend...Alpine Cabaret. Cascade of Barbelle...The Balmarussa...Original Lines ...... 33—38 THE VALLAIS, OR VALLEY OF THE RHONE.—General Description...History, Language, Manners, &c....
- Found on image 13 / 318…tastrophe...The Maniac Bride...Original Stanzas . 43—48 SION.—Approach...Statistical and general Details...Matthieu Skimmir...Sierre...Baths of Leuk. Cascade near Turtmann... Valley of St. Nicholas...Brieg...Geological Theories...Springs...(Original Lines) ............. 48—o3 THE SIMPLON.—Description of th...
- Found on image 13 / 318…story of the Canton 70—78 THE GRISONS, OR GRAUBUNDTEN.—Characteristic Traits of the Inhabitants, religious Duties ...Description of Scenery along the Misocco...Cascades...Castle and Valley of Misocco... Vegetable Productions...Fall of the Moesa...Pass of the Bernardino... Bridge and Gallery...The devoted Hus- band...Valley of...
- Found on image 13 / 318…its Construction... Anecdotes. ..Marshall Macdonald and French Army... Anecdotes...Dangers of the Pass ...Muleteers... Migratory Birds... Isola... S. Giacomo...Campodolcino...Cascade of Piannazzo...Plurs, its fearful destruction...Original Par- ticulars... Environs of Chiavenna...Grottoes...Ruins of Conto...Botany...Soil and Clima...
- Found on image 14 / 318…-de-Balme, looking towards Chamouni . . 34 Rock of Balmarussa 37 The Vallais and Martigny, from the Forclas Pass of the “ Tete Noir” 39 The Pizevache Cascade 42 La Batie Castle, Martigny 43 Sion, from the West 45 Ruins of the Episcopal Palace 47 Street in Sion 48 Castle of the Bishops of Sion 49 Cathedral ...
- Found on image 45 / 318 (page 17)…he locality is wild and melancholy, and has nothing to recommend it beyond the merit of its waters. A short way behind the baths is a remarkably fine cascade, formed by the torrent which descends the ravine. Quitting St. Gervais, and crossing the Arve, we arrived at the hamlet, and thence by a steep and toi...
- Found on image 79 / 318 (page 37)…ing through their branches, and shadows playing fitfully across the greensward. A little farther on our left, and sparkling through dark foliage, the cascade of Barbelle threw up its silvery foam into the air; and, following the course of the torrent, we soon reached the frontier of the Yallais, where a sm...
- Found on image 91 / 318 (page 43)…ase of the picture, and receives a continued sprinkling from the clouds, suspended like snowy exhalations over the fall. On quitting this magnificent cascade, the Castle of La Bathia, or Batie, perched upon a rock, and commanding the village and the pass, is a very picturesque ruin. It is one of the ancient...
- Found on image 105 / 318 (page 49)…e the Rhone, winding round a bold promontory, intersects the vale in front, and sweeps along the foot of stupendous mountains, from which torrent and cascade are every instant contributing inexhaustible supplies. The cathedral in the centre of the town, the hospital, and the Capuchin convent, are the chief...
- Found on image 111 / 318 (page 51)… district of the Yallais, happened in January, 1803; but it has been subject to similar phenomena in every age. Near Turtmann, we visited a beautiful cascade, little inferior to the Pize Vache, and falling from the lofty grades of a natural amphitheatre, which adds greatly to the effect. The route continues...
- Found on image 126 / 318 (page 58)…ve. The rocks rise on each side to a frightful altitude, and, in many places, appear ready to precipitate themselves headlong on the traveller, while cascades in all directions come down in sheets of foam along their rugged and perpendicular sides.”—It is remarkable, that in its whole extent, even in the ga...
- Found on image 168 / 318 (page 80)…ure—like so many “ swat kernels” just bursting their shells—seen in glimpses through the dark forests of pines which usurp the higher or third region ;—cascades so numerous as to form a perfect chorus of torrents—at one moment dancing from rock to rock, at another descending in sheets of snow from some tall i...
- Found on image 168 / 318 (page 80)… which it revels, and the mind excited and restless from the constant succession of objects upon which it has been so intensely exercised. The finest cascades in this “valley of streams” are those of Cabiola, Soazza, and San-Giacomo. The village of Soazza is peculiarly inviting, and sufficient of itself to ...
- Found on image 171 / 318 (page 81)…on, is finely perched on a bold rocky promontory overlooking the village of that name, and surrounded by rugged cliffs and precipices, where numerous cascades, flashing and foaming through the dark foliage, chafe and swell the torrent of the Moesa, which roars at its base. This is justly esteemed one of the ...
- Found on image 224 / 318 (page 116)…ed for the protection of the traveller against the avalanches, which, in former times, were so terrific at this point. About a furlong from this, the cascade of Piannazzo presents a magnificent spectacle, while nearly opposite, another from the Yal Sartano greatly heightens the grandeur of the scene. The f...
- Found on image 294 / 318 (page 172)…ed with the name of Gessner, and an appropriate eulogy from two of his justly admiring countrymen. A group of trees cast their foliage over the rock, cascades and torrents murmur all around, and no place could have been better selected for the purpose, or possessing more of the requisites for an appropriate...
- Found on image 307 / 318 (page 181)…ibution of light is productive of the beau- tiful phenomena of iris and rainbows—all of the most brilliant colours. In winter, too, when the numerous cascades, which were wont to stream or trickle from the rocks, are frozen into solid masses of ice, and the speed and even sound of their course seemingly smot...
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