In the alps they occasionally reach as much as five hundred or six hundred feet in depth.
"Geology"
James Geikie
What thickness do they attain in the alps?
"Geology"
James Geikie
If he spent the entire interval brush in hand, or if-as I believe-he treated himself to a bit of a holiday beyond the alps, can be but a guess in the dark.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue