Extracts from: Ramond de Carbonnières, Travels in the Pyrenees; containing a description of the principal summits, passes, and vallies. Trans. F. Gold (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Browne, 1813). (Original work: Observations faites dans les Pyreneés, 1789)

Note. A toise is approximately 1.95 metres. Page numbers corresponding to the English text are inserted between angle brackets at the head of the page to which they refer.

Index of extracts Ch. I: distant view of the Pyrenees (8-9) Ch. II: pastoral idyll (13-14) Ch. II: wild scenery compared with the Reuss valley (21-23) Ch. IV: ascent of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre (47-59, 62-65) Ch. IV: pastoral simplicity of shepherds (66-69) Ch. V: road to Gavarnie and the Circle of Gavarnie (77-95) Ch. V: encounter with a smuggler on the high mountains (102-104) Ch. V: fragrance and memory (111-112) Ch. VI: smugglers above Gavarnie (116-117) Ch. VII-VIII: Valley of Arboust and Lac d'Oo (173-189) Ch. XI: approach to the Maladetta (256-257) Ch. XI: descent in fog from the Maladetta (296-299)

Central Pyrenees Detail from a map drawn by Ramond, from the French edition of the book. Click on picture to enlarge (86K)

Illustrations added. Photos are by David S. Miall or Sylvia C. Chard. Prints marked Ciceri are from: Eugène Ciceri, Les Pyrénées d'Après Nature, 2 parts (Luchon: Lafont, 1871).