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Description Of The Source Of The Rhine,
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE OF THE RHINE ,
WITH THE ADJACENT SCENERY . [ FROM MISS WILLIAMS ' S TOUR IN SWITZERLAND , JUST PUBLISHED ] [ CONCLUDED FIIOM OUR LAST . ]
AFTER proceeding two or three miles along these precipices , we caught a glimpse of a bridge which hung light in air over the abyss , and seemed more to deserve the reputation of h . vino- been reared by supernatural agency than any on which we had yet gazed . We paused a considerable time on this bridge , that we ' mMit fix thescene in our remembrace . On that side of the mountain
_ along which the road we had passed was suspended , rose a majestic swell of pine-cove red steeps ; on the side where we now crossed , the rockstood abruptly perpenilicular . Jeaving just space enough for the passao-e , part of which was excavate . ! from the cliff that impended beyond our darkened path over the gulph . The Rhine , which had hitherto , rolled its ample volume , increased by torrents , and by the six rivers from which the
valley it had left takes its Roman name , now shrunk on the eye , from the distance at which we gazed , into a small rivulet , labourite at the depth of many hundred feet beneath the bridge , foaming dark between the narrow clefts , sometimes struggling with the rocks for day , and sometimes entirel y hid by their foldings from our view . - After passing some hours of contemplation amidst these scenes , where luxuriant her
vegetation spreads flowing veil over the stern brow of terrific wildness , we bade adieu to the withdrawing Rhine which , after mounting a hill that brought us to a village on its summit we again beheld in the distance , transformed into a placid expansive river . Descending into the valley ,. we reached Tusis , the capital of one of the high jurisdictions of the Orison-league . This town according to the etymologists , was ori ginally Tuscan , which they prove m a very satisfactory manner , from the name Tusis , Tusan , with fifty more derivations , till they arrive at Tuscana
_ 1 he road from Tusis to Coire lies along a finely cultivated plain with a soft boundary of sloping hills , clothed with fresh verdure ' and woods of thick foliage , and scattered over with villages and countryseats ; the Rhme glides tranquilly along the valley , and far above its pastoral banks , glaciers , . mingling with clouds , form a distant horizon . I Here was something dehciously soothing in this still , quiet landscape contrasted with the chaos
savage of Alpine scenery ; it was like reading I homson s Autumn , or Gray ' s elegy , after Milton ' s battle of the angels . We passed the beautiful and picturesque mountain of Heigenberc which stretches six miles along the plain , is well peopled with vil ' ¦ ages , and esteemed the most fertile spot in theGrison dominions
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Description Of The Source Of The Rhine,
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE OF THE RHINE ,
WITH THE ADJACENT SCENERY . [ FROM MISS WILLIAMS ' S TOUR IN SWITZERLAND , JUST PUBLISHED ] [ CONCLUDED FIIOM OUR LAST . ]
AFTER proceeding two or three miles along these precipices , we caught a glimpse of a bridge which hung light in air over the abyss , and seemed more to deserve the reputation of h . vino- been reared by supernatural agency than any on which we had yet gazed . We paused a considerable time on this bridge , that we ' mMit fix thescene in our remembrace . On that side of the mountain
_ along which the road we had passed was suspended , rose a majestic swell of pine-cove red steeps ; on the side where we now crossed , the rockstood abruptly perpenilicular . Jeaving just space enough for the passao-e , part of which was excavate . ! from the cliff that impended beyond our darkened path over the gulph . The Rhine , which had hitherto , rolled its ample volume , increased by torrents , and by the six rivers from which the
valley it had left takes its Roman name , now shrunk on the eye , from the distance at which we gazed , into a small rivulet , labourite at the depth of many hundred feet beneath the bridge , foaming dark between the narrow clefts , sometimes struggling with the rocks for day , and sometimes entirel y hid by their foldings from our view . - After passing some hours of contemplation amidst these scenes , where luxuriant her
vegetation spreads flowing veil over the stern brow of terrific wildness , we bade adieu to the withdrawing Rhine which , after mounting a hill that brought us to a village on its summit we again beheld in the distance , transformed into a placid expansive river . Descending into the valley ,. we reached Tusis , the capital of one of the high jurisdictions of the Orison-league . This town according to the etymologists , was ori ginally Tuscan , which they prove m a very satisfactory manner , from the name Tusis , Tusan , with fifty more derivations , till they arrive at Tuscana
_ 1 he road from Tusis to Coire lies along a finely cultivated plain with a soft boundary of sloping hills , clothed with fresh verdure ' and woods of thick foliage , and scattered over with villages and countryseats ; the Rhme glides tranquilly along the valley , and far above its pastoral banks , glaciers , . mingling with clouds , form a distant horizon . I Here was something dehciously soothing in this still , quiet landscape contrasted with the chaos
savage of Alpine scenery ; it was like reading I homson s Autumn , or Gray ' s elegy , after Milton ' s battle of the angels . We passed the beautiful and picturesque mountain of Heigenberc which stretches six miles along the plain , is well peopled with vil ' ¦ ages , and esteemed the most fertile spot in theGrison dominions