Italy: a handbook for travellersFirst Part (Nothern Italy) . wooded with walnut and chestnut the right lies Chiggiogna, with an old church. Near (82 M.)Lavorgo the Cribiasca forms a fine waterfall on the right. Fartheron the Ticino forces its way through the picturesque Biaschina Rav-ine to a lower region of the valley. The railway descends about300 ft. on the left bank by means of two loop-tunnels, one belowthe other in corkscrew fashion: viz. the Pianotondo Loop Tunnel(9/i0 M. long; 115 ft. of descent), beyond a short tunnel and aviaduct, and the Travi Loop Tunnel (nearly 1 M. long;

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Italy: a handbook for travellersFirst Part (Nothern Italy) . wooded with walnut and chestnut the right lies Chiggiogna, with an old church. Near (82 M.)Lavorgo the Cribiasca forms a fine waterfall on the right. Fartheron the Ticino forces its way through the picturesque Biaschina Rav-ine to a lower region of the valley. The railway descends about300 ft. on the left bank by means of two loop-tunnels, one belowthe other in corkscrew fashion: viz. the Pianotondo Loop Tunnel(9/i0 M. long; 115 ft. of descent), beyond a short tunnel and aviaduct, and the Travi Loop Tunnel (nearly 1 M. long; 118ft. ofdescent), beyond another short tunnel and viaduct. The train hasnow reached the lower zone of the Valle Leventina, and crosses andrecrosses the Ticino on either side of (87 M.) Giomico (1480 ft.).On the right is the pretty fall of the Cramosina. 91 M. Bodio(1090 ft.). Beyond Polleggio the Brenno descends from the ValBlenio on the left, and is crossed by a double bridge. The valleyof the Ticino now expands and takes the name of Riviera. Luxuriant. K- B ej^levue tore , Me lide Geogrtrph. Anstalt

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