. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . terriblyfrom inundations, and from Peccia it ascends morerapidly still—Fusio being reached in about three hoursfrom Bignasco. There is an excellent inn at Fusiokept by Signor Dazio, to whose energy the admirablemountain road from Peccia is mainly due. On theright just before he crosses the bridge, the travellerwill note the fresco of the Crucifixion, which I havementioned at page 179. Fusio is over 4200 feet above the level of the do not know wherein its peculiar charm lies, butit is the best of all the villages of a kin
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . terriblyfrom inundations, and from Peccia it ascends morerapidly still—Fusio being reached in about three hoursfrom Bignasco. There is an excellent inn at Fusiokept by Signor Dazio, to whose energy the admirablemountain road from Peccia is mainly due. On theright just before he crosses the bridge, the travellerwill note the fresco of the Crucifixion, which I havementioned at page 179. Fusio is over 4200 feet above the level of the do not know wherein its peculiar charm lies, butit is the best of all the villages of a kindred characterthat I know. On the opposite page is a sketch ofit as it appears from the cemetery. There is another good view from behind the village ;at sunset this second view becomes remarkably houses are in deep cool shadow, but the moun- FUSIO. 361 tains behind take the evening sun, and are sometimesof an incredible splendour. It is fine to watch theshadows creeping up them, and the colour that re-mains growing richer and richer until the whole is. FUSIO FROM THE CEMETERY. extinguished ; this view, however, I am unable to give. I hold Signor Dazio of Fusio so much as one of mymost particular and valued friends, and I have sucha special affection for Fusio itself, that the reader 362 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. must bear in mind that he is reading an account givenby a partial witness. Nevertheless, all private pre-ferences apart, I think he will find Fusio a hard placeto beat. At the end of June and in July the flowersare at their best, and they are more varied andbeautiful than anywhere else I know. At the very endof July and the beginning of August the people cuttheir hay, and then for a while the glory of the placeis gone, but by the end of August or the beginning ofSeptember the grass has grown long enough to re-cover the slopes with a velvety verdure, and thoughthe flowers are shorn, yet so they are from otherplaces also. There are many walks in the neighbourhood f
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