. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . tand thepurpose of certain high poles with cross bars to them i8 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. which I had already seen elsewhere. They are fordrying the barley on ; as soon as it is cut it is hung upon the cross bars and secured in this way from the rain, but it is obviousthis can only be donewhen cultivation is ona small scale. Theserascane, as they arecalled, are a feature ofthe Val Leventina, andlook very well whenthey are full of barley. From Osco I triedto coast along1 to Cal-piognia,but was warnedthat the path was dangerous, an
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . tand thepurpose of certain high poles with cross bars to them i8 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. which I had already seen elsewhere. They are fordrying the barley on ; as soon as it is cut it is hung upon the cross bars and secured in this way from the rain, but it is obviousthis can only be donewhen cultivation is ona small scale. Theserascane, as they arecalled, are a feature ofthe Val Leventina, andlook very well whenthey are full of barley. From Osco I triedto coast along1 to Cal-piognia,but was warnedthat the path was dangerous, and found it to beso. I therefore again descended to Mairengo,and reascended by a path which went straight upbehind the village. After a time I got up to thelevel of Calpiognia, or nearly so, and found a paththrough pine woods which led me across a torrentin a ravine to Calpiognia itself. This path is verybeautiful. While on it I caught sight of a lovely villagenestling on a plateau that now showed itself high upon the other side the valley of the Ticino, perhaps a. /£4<5/y-?-t- TICINESE BARLEY-STACKS. FAIDO. 19 couple of miles off as the crow flies. This I foundupon inquiry to be Dalpe; above Dalpe rose pinewoods and pastures ; then the loftier alpi, then ruggedprecipices, and above all the Dalpe glacier roseate withsunset. I was enchanted, and it was only because
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