64 Modern Dogs. 



Martigny is the place which supplies the monks 

 who take their turn of duty at the Hospice. 



" On June 22nd we started for the Hospice of 

 the Great St. Bernard, 7 a.m., in a carriage drawn 

 by strong horses. Our first stopping place was 

 Orsiers, where we rested for half-an-hour, and then 

 went forward till we reached Liddes, where we had 

 lunch, and changed our horses for mules, leaving 

 the former to await our return the following day. 

 Proceeding on our journey with the mules, and 

 changing our Swiss driver for the Italian guides, the 

 .ascent became much steeper and the road rougher. 

 In due course we arrived at our last stopping place, 

 the Cantin di Proz, where the mules were taken out 

 of the carriage and made ready for the completion 

 of our journey in the saddle. Here I saw a 

 very nice smooth-coated St. Bernard bitch and 

 seven puppies, the latter about two months old, by 

 Barry, a dog kept at the Hospice. One of the 

 puppies was white, another had a half white face, 

 another a white head, the remainder being fairly 

 marked ; the price asked for the puppies was from 

 8 to about 12 each. 



" We reached the Hospice about 6.30 p.m. quite 

 tired out, and we were kindly received by one of the 

 monks. We found it very cold here, and learned 

 that the lake had been frozen over up to within a 



