. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . was, Sagno would bea very good place to stay at. They say that some ofits inhabitants sometimes smuggle a pound or two oftobacco across the Italian frontier, hiding it in thefern close to the boundary, and whisking it over theline on a dark night, but I know not what truth thereis in the allegation ; the people struck me as beingabove the average in respect of good looks and goodbreeding—and the average in those parts is a veryhiodi one. Immediately behind Sagno the old paved pilgrims MONTE BISBINO. 3°9 road begins to ascend r
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . was, Sagno would bea very good place to stay at. They say that some ofits inhabitants sometimes smuggle a pound or two oftobacco across the Italian frontier, hiding it in thefern close to the boundary, and whisking it over theline on a dark night, but I know not what truth thereis in the allegation ; the people struck me as beingabove the average in respect of good looks and goodbreeding—and the average in those parts is a veryhiodi one. Immediately behind Sagno the old paved pilgrims MONTE BISBINO. 3°9 road begins to ascend rapidly. We followed it, and inhalf-an-hour reached the stone marking the Italianboundary ; then comes some level walking, and thenon turning a corner the monastery at the top of theMonte Bisbino is caught sight of. It still looks small,but one can now see what an important building itreally is, and how different from the mere chapelwhich it appears to be when seen from a sketch which I give is taken from about a milefurther on thanthe place where. v^^^^^M^m
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