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About half way up we passed Ettal, at the entrance to the Valley of the Ammer. The great white temple, standing, surrounded by its little village, high up amid the mountain solitudes, is a famous place of pilgrimage among devout Catholics. ABOUT HALF WAY UP WE PASSED ETHEL AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE VALLEY OF THE AMA THE GREAT WHITE TEMPLE STANDING SURROUNDED BY ITS LITTLE VILLAGE HIGH UP AMID THE MOUNTAIN SOLITUDES IS A FAMOUS PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE AMONG DEVOUT CATHOLICS
 moon-bathed mountains round us, and chillier and chillier grew the air. For most of the way we crawled along, the horses tugging us from side to side of the steep road; but, wherever our coachman could vary the monotony of the pace by a stretch-gallop--as, for instance, down the precipitous descents that occasionally followed upon some extra long and toilsome ascent--he thoughtfully did so. At such times the drive became really quite exciting, and all our weariness was forgotten. The steeper the descent, the faster, of course, we could go. The rougher the road, the more anxious the horses seemed to be to get over it quickly. During the gallop, B. and I enjoyed, in a condensed form, all the advantages usually derived from crossing the Channel on a stormy day, riding on a switchback railway, and being tossed in a blanket--a hard, nobbly blanket, full of nasty corners and sharp edges. I should never have thought that so many different sensations could have been obtained from one machine! AND GRANDER TOWERED THE FROWNING MOON BATHED MOUNTAINS ROUND US AND CHILIER AND CHILIER GREW THE AIR FOR MOST OF THE WAY WE CRAWLED ALONG THE HORSES TUGGING US FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF THE STEEP ROAD BUT WHEREVER OUR COACHMAN COULD VARY THE MONOTONY OF THE PACE BY A STRETCH GALLOP AS FOR INSTANCE DOWN THE PRECIPITOUS DESCENTS THAT OCCASIONALLY FOLLOWED UPON SOME EXTRA LONG AND TOILSOME ASCENT HE THOUGHTFULLY DID SO AT SUCH TIMES THE DRIVE BECAME REALLY QUITE EXCITING AND ALL OUR WEARINESS WAS FORGOTTEN THE STEEPER THE DESCENT THE FASTER OF COURSE WE COULD GO THE ROUGHER THE ROAD THE MORE ANXIOUS THE HORSES SEEMED TO BE TO GET OVER IT QUICKLY DURING THE GALLOP B AND I ENJOYED IN A CONDENSED FORM ALL THE ADVANTAGES USUALLY DERIVED FROM CROSSING THE CHANNEL ON A STORMY DAY RIDING ON A SWITCHBACK RAILWAY AND BEING TOSSED IN A BLANKET A HARD NOBBY BLANKET FULL OF NASTY CORNERS AND SHARP EDGES I SHOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT THAT SO MANY DIFFERENT SENSATIONS COULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM ONE MACHINE
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