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CALLING THE CATTLE HOME IN THE BERNESE OBERLAND
| As haunting to the memory as the "Ranz des vaches," sung on the departure for the mountain pastures, is the sound of the alpenhorn calling the cattle home at sunset. The sound echoes from alp to alp, and all within hearing uncover their heads and say their evening prayer. The alpenhorn is often eight feet long, but varies in size, shape, and curvature with each locality |
THE LEISURE HOUR IN AN ALPINE GASTHOUSE
| Games of hazard seem an almost natural form of recreation for men who, in the pursuit of their livelihood, daily stake their stamina and skill against the forces of nature on the perilous, snowclad, crevasse-scarred peaks of their native land. They often possess small pastoral holdings which are carefully tended by their wives, aided by the willing hands of younger members of the family |