The hand-book for travellers in Italy, from London to Naples . escends gradually, followingthe sinuosities on the side of the mountain. A sketchof the history of the Pass of the Mont Cenis, and itsmodern construction, will be found in the Passes ofthe Alps. From la Molaret the extent of the scene in thevalley beneath is very striking, but not picturesque;the line of the old road may be traced from la Fer-riere to Susa, and on the opposite side of the valleythe enormous mountain of Roche-Melon shuts outthe view of the plains of Italy from the , however, after leaving Molaret, when
The hand-book for travellers in Italy, from London to Naples . escends gradually, followingthe sinuosities on the side of the mountain. A sketchof the history of the Pass of the Mont Cenis, and itsmodern construction, will be found in the Passes ofthe Alps. From la Molaret the extent of the scene in thevalley beneath is very striking, but not picturesque;the line of the old road may be traced from la Fer-riere to Susa, and on the opposite side of the valleythe enormous mountain of Roche-Melon shuts outthe view of the plains of Italy from the , however, after leaving Molaret, when nearSt. Martins, the valley of the Doire opens, and thescene terminates in the plains beyond Turin. From St. Martins the route winds along the bor-ders of a precipice, with a descent so gentle, and overa road so admirably constructed, and defended byparapets, that the traveller proceeds without any ideaof danger. A part of the road above Venaus, a villagein the valley of Novalese, is exposed to avalanches;but so much regard has been paid to security against. ? ^ PARIS TO TURIN. 69 this danger, that accidents can scarcely happen, unlessthe traveller exposes himself to them descending towards the valley of the Doire, theview, terminating in Turin and the plains of Italy,is one of the most beautiful in the Alps; and as theroad winds down the ziz-zags by which the descent isconducted, the foreground of this beautiful scene isperpetually varying; and long before his arrival at Susa,even in the Combe of Giaglione, the traveller is madesensible of his approach to Italy by the rich vegetationwhich surrounds him, abounding in chestnuts, walnuts,vines, and other productions of a fruitful soil. On entering Susa, the road passes close by themound upon which lie the ruins of the Fort of LaBrunette : it was so situated, near to where the valleysof the Doira Susana and the Cenisella met, that iteffectually guarded the roads which, by these valleys,lead to the passes of the Mo
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