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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. The southern or Italiankaren millen slopes of this range are in genend more precipitous than the northern, and it is chiefly on the latter side, that offsets, or branches, diverge from the central line. This mountain system does not spread into extensive table lands, but consists rather ofkaern millen outletvast ridges, in some parts run-ning parallel with each other, and intersected by deep val-leys, occasionally containing lakes of considerable size. The consequence of this great diversity of surface is, that a singu-lar variety of climate occurs in this region. The snow line in this latitude varies, according to local circumstances,