. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . THK MOUNTAINS 1;ISIN(; SIIKKU TO A (WIKXTin: i;<ii;i;ics of (Joxka THE HIGHEST PASS IN EUROPE At Cuzzago we left the Simplon road and travelledto the right through a small valley to Omegna, atypical Italian village upon the north end of LagoCusio, or Orta, as it is more often called. ThoughOrta is the smallest of the lakes it is very beautifuland its charms are too little appreciated. Orta, thetown itself, stands upon a hilly promontory, juttingfar out into the lake; this was our destin
. En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe . THK MOUNTAINS 1;ISIN(; SIIKKU TO A (WIKXTin: i;<ii;i;ics of (Joxka THE HIGHEST PASS IN EUROPE At Cuzzago we left the Simplon road and travelledto the right through a small valley to Omegna, atypical Italian village upon the north end of LagoCusio, or Orta, as it is more often called. ThoughOrta is the smallest of the lakes it is very beautifuland its charms are too little appreciated. Orta, thetown itself, stands upon a hilly promontory, juttingfar out into the lake; this was our destination forthe night, and we left the main road which leads toNovara and Milan, and followed a narrow pathbelonging to the hotel—so narrow was the paththat the hedges on either side swept againstMercedes, and we earnestly prayed we should meetno other conveyance. The road ended in a stable-yard belonging to thehotel, a building some ninety feet directly above,up to which a narrow path leads : instead of warningus to leave the car there and walk, two stable-men,standing at a coach-house door, waved th
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