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Title: En route; a descriptive automobile tour through nine countries & over nineteen great passes of Europe
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Trevor, Roy
Subjects: Europe -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : E. Stanford
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ge church ofMadonna del Sasso. Instead of toiling under aburning sun, wearily up the steep hill, the pilgrimcan now avail himself of modern ingenuity andlazily make his devoir by the help of a ca,ble-railway. From the summit a beautiful panorama isspread before the eye. Upon a high bare rock thechurch shares with a monastery the whole summit,its walls built upon the very edge. Beneath it liesthe shining expanse of Lago Maggiore, from whichthe mountains rise into a brilliant sky of blue, andare covered in the utmost profusion with vineyardsand fig-trees. We wandered along the steep path leading to themonastery and entered the church. The eifect isstartling after the intense light. A noble Latinpsalm echoed through the building, rising in ma-jestic volume from the throats of unseen singers.From the cool floor to the low roof the interior isone confused mass of decoration—sacred pictures,silver and gold hearts, flags, and red lamps, whileinnumerable candles burn upon the altars. With42
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OVER SIMPLON TO MATTERHORN the chant of mens voices still ringing in ourears, we passed out through the curtained doorof that quaint little church into the dazzling sun-shine. From Locarno to Pallanza the road follows thebeautiful edge of the lake and crosses the Swiss-Italian frontier. The Swiss were most businesslike,and on explaining that we should sleep in Switzer-land that night they at once wrote out a pass, thussaving the tedious process of returning for so shorta time the 900 francs deposit. At the Italian fron-tier we were not so fortunate, the official refusing toallow us to enter, though we assured him it was onlyfor three short hours ere we regained Switzerlandand left his country at the Simplon Pass. No,he said, it is necessary to deposit 600 francs beforeyou can enter. I hope the beggar will take hisown notes, I murmured, as I handed him theamount in Italian paper. The fellow wouldnt,and insisted on gold— pure gold, he said, smack-ing his lips. I am a member of the T.C

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