. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . s been long disused,, except forlocal purposes; for even before the carriage road overthe St. Gothard was finished in 1827, there was a horsetrack through the Monte Piottino. In another twentyminutes or so, on coming out from a wood of willowsand alders, Dalpe is seen close at hand after a walk offrom an hour-and-a-half to two hours from Faido. Dalpe is rather more than 1500 feet above Faido,and is therefore nearly 4000 feet above the sea. It isreckoned a belpaese, inasmuch as it has a little tolerablylevel pasture and tillabl
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . s been long disused,, except forlocal purposes; for even before the carriage road overthe St. Gothard was finished in 1827, there was a horsetrack through the Monte Piottino. In another twentyminutes or so, on coming out from a wood of willowsand alders, Dalpe is seen close at hand after a walk offrom an hour-and-a-half to two hours from Faido. Dalpe is rather more than 1500 feet above Faido,and is therefore nearly 4000 feet above the sea. It isreckoned a belpaese, inasmuch as it has a little tolerablylevel pasture and tillable land near it, and a fine is how the wealth of a village is reckoned. The ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. Italians set great store by a little bit of bella pianura,or level ground ; to them it is as precious as a hill orrock is to a Londoner out for a holiday. The peasantryare as blind to the beauties of rouodi unmanageableland as Peter Bell was to those of the primrose with a ■ ■. - -> ■- % - , ■.•„ .V. - v\• rA&iMwfc. DALPE. yellow brim (I quote from memory). The peoplecomplain of the climate of Dalpe, the snow not goingoff before the end of March or beginning of April. Noclimate, they say, should be colder than that of Faido;barley, however, and potatoes do very well at Dalpe, DALPE. 29 and nothing can exceed the hay crops. A good dealof the hay is sent down to Faido on mens backs orrather on their heads, for the road is impracticableeven for sledges. It is astonishing what a weight themen will bear upon their heads, and the rate at whichthey will come down while loaded. An average loadis four hundredweight. The man is hardly visiblebeneath his burden, which looks like a good big partof an ordinary English haystack. With this weighton his head he will go down rough places almost at arun and never miss his footing. The men generallycarry the hay down in threes and fours together forcompany. They look distressed, as well they may :every muscle is strai
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