Arolla

Even the insanely hardy Alpine flowers gave up trying to grow here; the Arolla pines had given up a thousand feet earlier.

INTELLIVORE DIANE DUANE 2000

Forel has just been paying a visit to the Arolla glacier for the purpose of ascertaining the internal temperature.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

We left Arolla for this place ten days ago, but my wife fell ill, and we had to stay a day at St. Maurice.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

I got no good at the Maderaner Thal, so we migrated to our old quarters at Arolla, and there I picked up in no time, and in a fortnight could walk as well as ever.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

The distribution of the four principal conifers, Arolla pine, larch, mountain pine and spruce, is most curious, the why and wherefore nowise apparent.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

First he was much alarmed about his wife, who had been ill more or less ever since leaving Arolla.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

We left Arolla about ten days ago, and after staying a day at St. Maurice in consequence of my wife's indisposition, came on here where your letter just received has followed me.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

Unfortunately, my wife, who had been ill more or less ever since we left Arolla and came here on Clark's advice, had an attack one night, which frightened me a good deal, though it luckily turned out to arise from easily remediable causes.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

After three weeks of the ascetic life of Arolla, we came here to acclimatise ourselves to lower levels and to fatten up.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900

A second visit to Arolla worked a great change in him.

The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900