This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... Expedition to the Port of Venasque--Hospital of Luchon--Douaniers--French Intervention in the Spanish Quarrel, and its Consequences--Magnificence of the Port of Venasque--Extraordinary appearance of the Mist--The Maladetta--Avalanches--Loss of a Guide--Hints to those who would climb the Maladetta- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... Expedition to the Port of Venasque--Hospital of Luchon--Douaniers--French Intervention in the Spanish Quarrel, and its Consequences--Magnificence of the Port of Venasque--Extraordinary appearance of the Mist--The Maladetta--Avalanches--Loss of a Guide--Hints to those who would climb the Maladetta--Famous Trou de Toro--Ports de Picade and Pomerou--Spanish Valley of the Artique Telline--Anxiety of the Christino Shepherds--Ouil de Goneou--Source of the Garonne--Quantity of Timber--Valley d'Arran--Disagreeable Situation--Village of Bososte--Terror of the Peasantry--Spanish Old Woman--Miseries of Civil War. The aspect of the morning being rather unpropitious, we delayed setting out upon our expedition to the Port de Venasque until the forenoon; the clouds then began to clear away, and we lost not a moment in taking advantage of the favourable but uncertain weather. A two hours' ride along the banks of the Pique brought us to the Hospital of Luchon. This building is what in Scotland would be called a shealing, one half of which is devoted to the accommodation of travellers, the other used as the permanent residence of a strong party of douaniers, who are stationed here to prevent smuggling upon a district of the frontier upon which it is next to impossible to do so effectually. The Ports by which the contrabandiers can pass from one country to another are nearly as numerous as there are douaniers to guard them; and, as these officers dare not attempt to cross the path of the contrabandiers, unless when secure of establishing their authority by force, which they can only do when several of them are in company, it follows that more than one half of the ports are always unguarded. Great complaints have been made against the French government on...
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