. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . ——4J—I P ^S - riii r -4- 1 -•- w ■- -# 0 w» H I ifc ^j»S 1—^—. 4-!—i--p-i— •-*—*-•* **—S «-d r --U-# «_#_ ~-Y-m--\—-^j —lT7J^: R—-^—] —,-:—=—34—• 1—*-*-•—I -d—i-»—I —F \{ ^iiz. 1_#_^_» 1—i_i 1—e—1 1 1—1—e 1—e_|__ »_a—-i Ht,! ^—f**1 JaJr T-^-i-*—1—«—i-H —I—1— - -h ^h-* diitfcfct -1 , ^H ^ 1 r =1^ -H ; Wfc i r • H —1 W- fetztttlt: And how again in some such another quiet ecstasythe muses sing about Joves altar in the Allegroand Penseroso. * Dettinjren Te Deum. 24 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. Here is a sketch of Primadengo Church—lookin
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . ——4J—I P ^S - riii r -4- 1 -•- w ■- -# 0 w» H I ifc ^j»S 1—^—. 4-!—i--p-i— •-*—*-•* **—S «-d r --U-# «_#_ ~-Y-m--\—-^j —lT7J^: R—-^—] —,-:—=—34—• 1—*-*-•—I -d—i-»—I —F \{ ^iiz. 1_#_^_» 1—i_i 1—e—1 1 1—1—e 1—e_|__ »_a—-i Ht,! ^—f**1 JaJr T-^-i-*—1—«—i-H —I—1— - -h ^h-* diitfcfct -1 , ^H ^ 1 r =1^ -H ; Wfc i r • H —1 W- fetztttlt: And how again in some such another quiet ecstasythe muses sing about Joves altar in the Allegroand Penseroso. * Dettinjren Te Deum. 24 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. Here is a sketch of Primadengo Church—lookingover it on to the other side the Ticino, but I couldnot get the cherry-trees nor cherry eaters. On leaving Primadengo I went on to Calpiognia, and there too I foundthe childrens faces allpurple with cherry juice;thence I ascended tillI got to a monte orcollection of chalets,about 5680 feet abovethe sea. It was de-serted at this mounted farther and here ere. tendine a mob of calves. PRIMADENGO. Going still higher, I atlast came upon a small lake close to the top of therange : I find this lake given in the map as about 7400feet above the sea. Here, being more than 5000 feetabove Faido, I stopped and dined. I have spoken of a monte and of an alpe, or alp, is not, as so many people inEngland think, a snowy mountain. Mont Blanc and CALPIOGNIA. 25 the Jungfrau, for example, are not alps. They aremountains with alps upon them. An alpe is a tract of the highest summer pasturagejust below the snow-line, and only capable of beinggrazed for two or three months in every year. It isheld as common land by one or more villages in theimmediate neighbourhood, and sometimes by a singleindividual to whom the village has sold it. A fewmen and boys attend the whole herd, whether of cattleor goats, and make the cheese, which is apportionedout among the owners of the cattle later on. Th
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