The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus w/ DirectLink Technology (Religious Book)

When travelling lately through the Simplon--one of the great Alpine passes leading from Switzerland into Italy--I observed, close by the roadside, at regular distances, a number of plain, square buildings. On these (sometimes over the doorway, sometimes on the side) were inscribed the words--"REFUGE No. 1," "REFUGE No. 2," "REFUGE No. 3," &c. I think there were twenty altogether. I was told, on inquiry, they were intended as shelters for any hapless travellers who might be overtaken by the sudden storms which so often sweep down from the snow-white mountains bounding the prospect.