[10-12]. das Tauernhaus, "The Summit House" in the Tauern Mountains, a chalet where bread, milk, and a guide may be found, also a hay-bed for the night.
Page 11.—[11-1]. sie refers to Rast.
[11-2]. das Spitzen (verb-noun = English -ing). Infinitives used substantively take the article das.
[11-3]. gnädiger Herr! ([comp. Page 6, Note 1]), here perhaps: My lord! or Your Honor!
[11-4]. doch (adverb, idiom.), here perhaps: I hope or I suppose.
[11-5]. is (dialect.) for ist es.
[11-6]. vor sich hin, [cf. Page 5, Note 9.]
[11-7]. es wird sein, idiomatic use of the future tense to express probability or supposition, with the adverb, idioms doch or wohl added to bring out the sense more clearly—I hope that it is ... or is it probably ...?
Page 12.—[12-1]. hin (colloq.) for dahin or dorthin.
[12-2]. zwanzig Büchsenschuß—nouns of quantity, weight or measure, except feminines in -e, are used in the singular after a numeral—twenty gun-shots, i.e. twenty times the range of a musket-ball.