The Portland daily press., 1869-06-24

PORTLAND.
Thursday Morning; June "a, 1869.
Notes by the wny.

IL II left V.u ,sltQ,l. %, ~ loat
PASS and to y,s,s ~ = = .niU"' 'ne ''np'oh
4 went by rail to ss..aa ..a" =. 'aAss anu 4u"an.
road on the Swiss sios sae ~ ., terminus ~ 'ne
75 miles The road is a'p' u's.ans !.
Lake Geneva. following uf, the ~. "es" "
Rhone from where its .Iirtv streams - '"o
| Gle with the blue waters of Geneva. 1'rr,.
valley was from one half to one mile wias as
quite level, and entirely hemmed in by noun
tains, giving picturesque views of alpineM M seen
ery. From Sierre to Brivue had NV f;yst
experience Of DILIGENCE travel 1rbo corna
which was occunied bv a vonno csor,,,a,,,
making a tour in Switzerland. and n,ovsels u
i in the front OF the carriage. protected bv
| glass windows and commands an ulluobstruct-
| ed vew.a The Canton Valois., in which tbis
valley is situated, is one of the, poorest in
Switzerland. : The land available for agricul-
i tarelis very small quantity, and great inju-
ny is often done to the crops from the rushing
torrents that pour down the mountain sides
oFerhowing their accustomed channels. b The
marks OF the disasters of last year from this
cause were very plainly visible. Tdis is one
OF the Catholic Cantons and in past years a
large number of the Swiss mercenary soldiers
came from the valley. I rested over night at
Brigue and the next morning at O'Clock re-
sumed nay place in the diligence. had as
travelling companion, an English clergyman,
'on his way to the Italian lakes, who had been
over the route previously, and his informa-
tion and descriptions were very interesting
'iThis stupendous work. the Simplon pass.
was built by order of Napoleon 1st, after the
battle of Marengo, and was finished in 1905,
costing $25, 900 mile. 10000 men were dali
4 ly employed in its construction for period of
five years. II is rs feetiin width the whole
\ distance, has go bridges across the rocks, 3O2
viaducts. 5 tunnels through solid granite and
| numerous galleries as protection from the
| avalanches' which would otherwise DESTROY
| the road. 1t had rained all the night preyi-
| GUS and continued to do so when we started.
and nv companion exsressed some fears that
the road would be injured by the storm. We
4 commenced the ascent from Brigue byi long
zioyaos- The ,,se was ve5v our
team o, Eve horses went at a slow trot Tn
road was along the side of the mountain. in
some places cut out of the solid rock. and as
/ the diligence went near the edge Won could
see thousands of feet below. aTbe openings Of
the forests present beautiful views of the val
lev Of tbo Rbo,,o y o,c;ro,od h., ,;ooo.;o sno,,
rownad A,ns tba I,,,,rsr.r to,,s.;nn .a 49,
tboro y h,, I, ,ras - o,o,,5r 80 - q
conld GOO verv ,;,tle Int drsarr seras,s .md NJ
| snow neaks Tbera .ara Wall hn;l, sto.e
|
49,, hu 80, IT, s,. -. -. !,
60 y ~ 90 80" .o'1el .A'
sre 'esesa''on .lanseu as VIC ausancea-
49, =; ssspos e''oas .ne passase aeioss wa ",
a.na; 's'se', as 80 "'.u ". pAsseu '.lvun sne
- lass,s, ~ 80 n.' 1e,
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49,, 80 49, : 80 .sS =. 80.
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M - ~ s'pslDS s.s 'o's '.,'
rOnnaas ~, Nana,oo,,T n' =. ~ 49,, $50, s.s',,
hnlI;na and w;ii soo a. a1asts
.',.'f' fe,'...s e. $500
7 hro.,or,,oaa - :.,s ~ 49, - ~.
nous breed ifye amonrsr INNS 9,sn,ar1nn fl.
wear round. to minister bosn;tal;tv 10 travail
em. 10 Oo0 tn TX GOO Of whom, ara .nnna,,,
cared for here Sbort,v .tter ,vo I,,,,a,, T., AZ
scend. W.. drove Of a GOOD naca With thrs.
horses. m al,jas7 4. 'D.ias'-'.r M
/ After leaving the v;,,,oa - s;,,,..,,s.5 a.,
rocks anproach each other AMI ~ rar-s ~
the mountains becomes yerv narrow ~
miles the road wound along the base of per
pendicular precipices 200 feet high, alon.
which river swollen into torrent foamet
and boiled from rock to rock. Hundreds O
cascades and riyulets poured over the face O
the precipices and showered down their sin
4 yer spray. The forebodipcs of INV eomnan
Jon respecting the state of the roads provef
true. They had been injured bv the slides q
earth and rocks that had tunbled down OF
them. Some portion of it had been removed
by men who are constantly employed for tn,
purpose, and with care we passed safel,
& along. AT Isella was the Italian Custom
House. Our baggage went through an unusu
al searching. .ai.es, cd sy,..s .,.,
4 AS we advanced the weather cleared up
and we traversed wide and fertile valley 10
Dome dossoia. From there it was three
nours' ride to Lake Magsiore, and we had .
9ne prospect OF the country and its verdure