Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

sea lay calm and tranquil in the evening light
"hhe the beautiful headlands of Cappo Senino
ana La Scandoia stretched out beyond The per-
feo outline and shapes of these noble headlands
all OF glowing red, and the deep purple shadows
Ihat met INTO the deeper blue OF the sea below,
make scene of supreme beauty never to be for
gotten, and far beyond the powers of the camera
10 depict.
On reaching the hotel we had a hurried meal
and started for first visit to the Calanches
with what remained TO us of the evening light
No description can give an adequate idea of the
absolute magnificence OF the gorges and CULTS
ana towering piles of redcolored rocks. They
must be seen to be appreciated. Down, down,
away SO deep, small torrent was carving it's
way still deeper through the granite rock below,
and up and up, tier upon tier rose above with
glades OF splendid pines and bushes making val
Toys in the recesses. Rocks of all FORMS wealth.
cred into ragged fantastic shapes often honey
c.'nbed into caverns and caves innumerable,
greet you every side. Weird shapes appear
round corners like gnomes who to resent
intrusion. Every bend in the winding road pre-
sents fresh scene of wonder, and we passed
from deep gorges to masses OF towering rocks,
and on again to wider ravines opening out to sea
with the distant headands beyond
After this first sight of the Calanches we spent
weeks exploring and scrambng about among
its wonders yet there always something new
TO see. One Of our rambles was to promontory
called Cappo Rosso, where came on a goat
nerds hut, which proved to be q headquarters Tor
making the "Broccia" "Brouch," II Is called.
A dead tree stood near the door hung with an
assortment OF black pots, while near by lay
heap OF wooden tubs We pleased to note
that all the pots and tubs were kept really very
clean and were hung out in the open air. Seeing
this. and knowing that the goats milk had to I'M
dergo much boiling before the "Broccia" was
made, all fears 10 the hygiene OF the cookery
departed. Good the "Broccia" is when well made.
and we had many opportunities OF enjoying It.
Piana has name for making OF the best
"Broccia" in Corsica, so we know what 1t ought
TO be like. il is snow white. with the consist
ency OF cream cheese. and 1t is eaten-with sugar
and occasionally with the addition OF few
drops Of eau de vie.
After stay at Piana we drove to Evisa,
through such wealth OF magnificent scenery
that Il is impossible TO describe It here. The road
Itself is a triumph OF engineering skill IL de-
scends from Piana to the sealevel at Porto, then
mounts TO a height OF three thousand feet per
forming marves in the way of facets as it climbs
round the mountain-sides, yet the gradient is
quite gentle all the way and the surface remark
ably good At nearly every point where the
facets cut away into the mountain there Is
gorge or Tavine, some large. some small. but all
beautiful. Many OF these wild and rugged
that the thought at once struck us what perfect
hiding places they would be for bandits and how
impossible SC would be for any gendarmes to
approach unseen.
brigand lurking behind the rocks ready TO issue