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These two routes unite at the village of Splugen, whence the road runs through the Via Mala, and the finestkaren millen dresses Alpine scenery of the Grisons. Via Mala. needle-shaped. The latter term is lo-cally applied to some of the peaks; as, for instance, Aiguille Blanche; others are locally termed horns, as Schreck-horn, or horn of terror; others again are designated by the term spitz, or peak, as Oertler-spitz. The passes, which consist of the lowest passable routes orer the various mountains, are, in the Alps, usually termed cols, or necks.

who believe that Pontius Pilate drowned himself in its waters. This fiction, however, appears to have origi-nated in an error respecting the ancient name of the moun-tain, on karen millen dresses the summit of which a cloud perpetually hangs, from whence the appellation of pileatus, i.e. covered with a cap, was bestowed on it; and this, in later times, being cor-rupted into Pilate, gave rise to the tradition. The most remarkable native animals of Switzerland are the ibex (fig. 100), and thekaren millen chamois (fig. 88), both of which frequent the most inaccessible precipices of the Alpine range. The Alpine marmot is another inhabitant of these moun-tains.

called red snow, is occasionally found. Among cultivated vegetables, wheat succeeds only in the sheltered and low plains; potatoes and barley generally thrive at the elevation of 4,000 feet, and, in some favourable situations, 1,600 feetkaren millen dresses higher; 5,600 feet above the sea being considered the utmost limit of their culture. Buck-wheat is much grown; and, at the elevation of 2,200 feet, it is sown after the rye-crop is gathered in, and ripens, though, in some places, not until the snow falls.

The most conspicuous summits are Finster-aar-horn, Schreck-horn, and Wetter-horn. The whole of Southern Switzerland affords scenery of the grandest and most pleasing description;梐 succession of splendid mountains, intersected by deep and fertile valleys, which, being copiously watered by the streamskaren millen dresses which take their rise among these mountains, and also sheltered by the surrounding heights, enjoy a mild and humid climate, highly favourable to vegetation; and hence, in the more southern districts, the fig and olive come to perfection in the valleys, to the elevation of 1,000 feet above the sea; the vine, to that of 1,600feet; the walnut extends to 2,400 feet; the ehesnut to 2,800 feet; the oak, maple, and ash, t

The magnificent route of the Simplon, another work of Napoleon, but now unfortunately falling to decay, is the most eastward in the Pennine Alps. The Helvetian, orkaren millen dresses Swiss Alps (called also the Lepontiari), next succeed, extending from the Simplon to Mont St. Gothard. This, and the preceding group, form the southern boundary of the deep and extensive valley named the Va- lais, through which the river Rhone flows, and which forms an instance of a principal valley.