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Ch. I.
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than either, to the vale of Inspruck. This vale
is perhaps the most extensive and most beautiful of
all that lie in the Northern recesses of the Alps.
It is about thirty miles in length, and, where
widest, as in the neighborhood of Inspruck,
about six in breadth. It is watered by the Inn,
anciently the CEnus, which glides through it, in-
tersecting it nearly in the middle, and bestowing
freshness and fertility as it winds along. The
fields that border it are in high cultivation, finely
adorned with every species of forest-trees, enli-
vened with towns and villages, and occasionally
graced with the ruins of a castle, frowning in
shattered majesty from the summit of a precipice.
Large woods line the skirts and clothe the sides
of the neighboring mountains, and, with the
ragged misshapen rocks that swell above them,
form a frame worthy of a picture so extensive
and so beautiful. In the southern extremity of
” this vale, stands Inspruck; and behind it rises a
long ridge, forming part of the craggy pinnacles
of the Brenner one of the loftiest mountains of
the Tyrolian Alps.
About five miles North of Inspruck is the town
of Hall, famous for its salt works; and about
four miles on the opposite side, on a bold emi-
nence, stands embosomed in trees, the castle of
Anibras. This edifice is of very ancient date,
THROUGH ITALY.
91
than either, to the vale of Inspruck. This vale
is perhaps the most extensive and most beautiful of
all that lie in the Northern recesses of the Alps.
It is about thirty miles in length, and, where
widest, as in the neighborhood of Inspruck,
about six in breadth. It is watered by the Inn,
anciently the CEnus, which glides through it, in-
tersecting it nearly in the middle, and bestowing
freshness and fertility as it winds along. The
fields that border it are in high cultivation, finely
adorned with every species of forest-trees, enli-
vened with towns and villages, and occasionally
graced with the ruins of a castle, frowning in
shattered majesty from the summit of a precipice.
Large woods line the skirts and clothe the sides
of the neighboring mountains, and, with the
ragged misshapen rocks that swell above them,
form a frame worthy of a picture so extensive
and so beautiful. In the southern extremity of
” this vale, stands Inspruck; and behind it rises a
long ridge, forming part of the craggy pinnacles
of the Brenner one of the loftiest mountains of
the Tyrolian Alps.
About five miles North of Inspruck is the town
of Hall, famous for its salt works; and about
four miles on the opposite side, on a bold emi-
nence, stands embosomed in trees, the castle of
Anibras. This edifice is of very ancient date,