we arrived before night at the place set for our layover, namely in that cave of goats Famous for the place that occupies in reports of all travellers from fazelli. For shelter from the cold, we cut, according to the use, a tree and we made a big fire in the Rientranza in front of the cave. We had a compilation of leaves for sleep, and, after i cut the grass for horses, that we left Out, we made a frugal meal, after which all the companions of my journey we abandoned at the sleep And i just stayed awake to write and to warn of the time of departure. At midnight woke up everyone, i asked of my horses and i prepare to leave. But i was surprised when i avvertirono that the horses, they were disconnected, and that they were not more: The poor animals, freezing for the cold and fend for themselves, they were down, it seems, for Try a climate more mild. I was desperate for the setback: The night, although dark, she was beautiful, the clear skies, and all announced a pretty good morning ; The time pressure because i wanted to get on the crater central at the bursting of the sun. I asked how much distance we were still ; when they told me that we were in twelve miles on a slope very steep And in the middle of a ash mobile, i do not angry at all ; i decided to walk around them on foot and him I proposed to one of my guides, who agrees to follow me. The others had not the courage to go twenty - four miles, counting, of course, the return. I gave a bottle of wine to my guide, and here i am in path. Déodat de dolomieu - 1781 The first, wonderful, crack of dawn, the march of dolomieu will culminate in a suggestive toast lone At the top of the etna. The empty bottle, now belonging to the past, will be thrown into the crater central. ( in the picture, the mouth new during last september ) Automatically Translated
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 11:19:23 +0000
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