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feeing tlic leaft cliaticc of extricating himfelf: but being accidentally perceived from á
neigliboiiring valley by a young fliepherdefs; flie inftantly told her brother, who, fetching
fome cords, ran to his affiftance, and, with much labour and fatigue, rcfcued him from
inevitable death.
THESE rocks are calcareous, having their flrata nearly parallel to the horizon, except
in the environs of the valley of Ehc, where they incline confiderably. They are a kind
of calcareous fcintillam Jlratofus grifeus.
SOON after crofiing this fmall valley, I arrived at the charming village of Zirl, which
is moft pleafancly fituated at the entrance of the valley of Schlofs, where unite four
capital roads, to Bavaria, Swabia, the Grifons country, and tlie city of Infpruck. It is
likcwife near the Banks of the Inn, which form in that part a moft piaurefque fcene.
HAVING left the road to Bavaria on the right, the next place I came to was Dirfchenbach,
three miles from Zirl, and nine from Infpruck. This fmall hamlet is fcated at
the entrance of the valley Nieder, in the middle of a plain, rich in corn and pafturage.
THE next village is Telfs, which lies at the bafe of the eaftcrn extremity of a long
chain of mountains, called Munde, whofe direction runs nearly from eaft to weft,
forming, nevertlielefs. n pnrrinn nf » rWr]^, of which thp nirvp f^rf^ the norffi.
FROM the center of that grand chain of granite rifes mount Frairen Schritt, the higheft
peak of that extenfive range, which, by its elevation, commands tlie inferior chain of
the Verner.
THESE inferior mountains appear from the valley indifcriminately to incline towards
that particular point, and fecm moftly covered witli calcareous ftrata, fimilar to thofe
which cover the greateft part of the Brenner.
ON quitting Telfs the road no longer follows the courfe of the Inn, but leads to the
north. At three miles from thence is the hamlet of Micmingcn, which is pidurefque,
rural, and agreeably fituated in the center of a plain, of a circular form, of which the
northern extremity is terminated by mount Luden Kopflen, cut nearly perpendicular,
concealing the bafe of mounts Miemingen and Frauen.
FROM Miemingen to Naffereit, which is the third poft from Infpruck, the road is on a
continual afccnt, and its views diverfified by prominent rocks, and grounds finely broken
and adorned. Sometimes it leads through contrafted vallies, richly ihaded with thick
tufts of trees, whofe deep umbrage diifufes a coolnefs and fercnity, producing the
moft pleafing fenfations.
AT other times the appearance of a huge tremendous rock feemed to bar the pafTage,
'. or a cafcade defcending rapidly from a neighbouring mountain appeared as if it would
chcck all progrefs by the ftrong current of its limpid waters, or by the vapours that naturally
arife from the waters dalhing with fuch velocity from rock to rock.
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