Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol

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Excerpt from Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol: Handbook for Travellers The primary object of the Handbook for Switzerland is to render the traveller as independent as possible of the extraneous services of guides, domestiques de place, voituriers and inn-keepers, and enable him to realize to the fullest extent the exquisite and rational enjoyment of which this magnificent country is the fruitful source. Since the great increase of late years in the facilities for travel afforded by the wide extension of railways, the number of travellers on the Continent generally and in Switzerland especially, has enormously increased. A fresh impetus has thus been given to the spirit and enterprise of the traveller, summits are now scaled which were hitherto deemed inaccessible, or accessible only to the practised step of the chamois hunter or the hardy native, accustomed from boyhood to feats of peril. The achievements of the English and Swiss Alpine clubs have dimmed the memory of De Saussure, Auldjo and the other pioneers of these icy regions, whilst in these later times the fair sex have vied in deeds of daring with those to whom danger and adventure are the more peculiar province. The Editor has during preceding seasons explored the greatest portion of the countries attempted to be described, solely with the object of gathering fresh information. Infallibility cannot of course be attained, and the editor will highly appreciate any bonâ fide communications with which he may be favoured by travellers, if the result of their own experience and observation. The Maps and Plans, the result of much care and research, will be of essential service to the traveller, and enable him at a glance to select the best routes &c., About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.