Austria-Hungary . ?v - ft h i i t\ A «. ? « -!» INNSBRUCK (TYROL) THE TYROL AND ITS HEROES 161 Gaufen. A large trade in horses was the conse-quence, and Hofer senior took part in it, bringing uphis son to it. Andreas was born in 1767, and thuswas twenty-nine when the war broke out with theFrench in 1796, but it was many years later beforehe came prominently to the front. He is describedas having been of Herculean make, with black eyesand brown hair; he stooped considerably fromhaving been accustomed to carry heavy burdensover the hills before he had come to his full voice was soft
Austria-Hungary . ?v - ft h i i t\ A «. ? « -!» INNSBRUCK (TYROL) THE TYROL AND ITS HEROES 161 Gaufen. A large trade in horses was the conse-quence, and Hofer senior took part in it, bringing uphis son to it. Andreas was born in 1767, and thuswas twenty-nine when the war broke out with theFrench in 1796, but it was many years later beforehe came prominently to the front. He is describedas having been of Herculean make, with black eyesand brown hair; he stooped considerably fromhaving been accustomed to carry heavy burdensover the hills before he had come to his full voice was soft and pleasing and his smile good-natured. His long black beard was a very notice-able feature of his appearance reaching to his had been one of the representatives of Puster-thal to the Diet of 1790, which shows that he hadtravelled a little and was educated. The traffic hehad carried on in wine and horses had led to hismeeting people of many races, and he spoke Italianfluently though in the Venetian dialect. He worethe dr
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