. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . sunshine and, as Sheilasaid, looking for all the world as though theywere afraid of wetting their feet. From the edgeof the lake rise hills beautifully wooded, and beyondthem more hills of a purple shade, and toweringhigh above them the everlasting snows from whichwe had descended. On the way to Como the road passes four lakes,Orta, Maggiore, Varese and Como, and as far as SestoCalende, at the extreme south end of Maggiore, isgood; after which it degenerates into a series ofsmall lanes, na
. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . sunshine and, as Sheilasaid, looking for all the world as though theywere afraid of wetting their feet. From the edgeof the lake rise hills beautifully wooded, and beyondthem more hills of a purple shade, and toweringhigh above them the everlasting snows from whichwe had descended. On the way to Como the road passes four lakes,Orta, Maggiore, Varese and Como, and as far as SestoCalende, at the extreme south end of Maggiore, isgood; after which it degenerates into a series ofsmall lanes, narrow but fairly good to Varese, atown lying in full view of the distant snow peakswhich stretch unbroken from Monte Viso to MonteLeone, while the great mass of Monte Rosa riseslike a giant amongst them: the country-side isdotted with farmhouses and bell-towers, which addgreatly to the quiet beauty of the lake. The eighteen miles between Varese and Comoseemed longer than any ordinary days journey. Soonafter quitting Varese the road dissolves itself intoa maze of cart-tracks with deep ruts, and winds56. THE HIGHEST PASS IN EUROPE through interminable fields of Indian corn. Afterwe had slowly bumped along for some distance theconclusion that we were absolutely and undoubtedlylost forced itself upon our minds, and at last I stoppedthe car and endeavoured to find our position on themap. The heat was unbearable, and a crowd of buzz-ing, biting insects hummed round our heads. Sheilaand Dorothy donned their heavy mushrooms, whileKen and I smoked furiously to keep off the wretchedflies. Dennis, who is a non-smoker, had to bear thebrunt of the attack, and declared he was beingslowly eaten, till in desperation he rubbed his faceand hands with paraffin. When he had performedthese ablutions to his satisfaction he informed usthat what was left of him was being avoided by themosquitoes, though he smelt like a broken lamp. After a study of the map we could not determineour position within a te
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