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Grisons. bank of the Rhine, in a rich plain between 2 or 3 miles 
wide. The town lies partly in the plain, and partly on 
the steep side of a rock. It is encircled with ancient 
brick walls, strengthened with round towers. The 
streets are narrow and dirty. The bishop’s palace and 
the cathedral, built in the 8th century, stand in the 
highest part of the town. The convent of St Lucius, 
is situated above the palace. The library of the town, 
an institution for the poor, the cantonal school. are the 
otherprincipal establishments. In 1806, about 200 copper 
medals of the Roman emperors were found near the an- 
terior gate. The plain around Coire is diversified with 
corn and pasture, and the sloping hills are covered with 
vines, which yield a pleasant but not a strong wine. 
The population of the town is 3000. Rafts carrying 
from 20 to 50 quintals, descend the Rhine from the 
bridge over the Albula to the Lake of Constance. 
Below Coire, the road passes through the fine villages 
of Masans, Trimmis, Zitzen, and Ighis, to the chateau 
of Marschlen, where the Messrs Salis have a fine li- 
brary, and a superb cabinet of natural history. The 
Economical Society of the Grisons was established at 
Zitzen in 1778, and had published nine fasciculi in 
1803. The road now crosses the Lanquart by the bridge 
of Zollbrucks, where there is a pontage, and passes 
through Malantz, Jennins, and Mayenfield. Malantz 
is a small handsome town on the side of a hill. Its 
red and white wines are reckoned the best in the 
Grisons. There are beds of gypsum near Jennins, 
and much blue marl in the neighbourhood. Jennins 
is half a league from Mayenfield, and three quar- 
ters of a league from the defile of Luciensteg.. The 
fine valley of Mayenfield is a league wide, and is sur- 
rounded with lofty calcareous mountains. The defile 
of Luciensteg is situated near the northern frontier of 
the Grisons, on the side of Suabia, between the Gous- 
cher Alp 5573 feet high, and the Flesch 3114 feet 
high. A wall 100 toises long, and a rampart of the 
same length, defends on that side the entrance to the 
Grisons. The frontier passes near Balzeres, situated 
on that defile. At the village of Gouscha near Lu- 
ciensteg, the mothers are accustomed to tie their chil- 
dren to a rope of a certain length, when they are 
obliged to leave them at home, lest they should fall 
over the precipices. 
8. The valley of the Inn or the Engadin, is one of the 
finest in Switzerland. It has 28 lateral vallies, several 
of which have two or three ramifications. It.stretches 
from the south-west to the north-east, and is 18 leagues 
long from the Maloggia to the bridge of St Martin. It 
is divided into the higher and the lower Engadin. The 
former is seven Jeagues long from the mountain Ma- 
loggia to that of Casanna, and the latter is 11 leagues 
long from Brail to the bridge of St Martin. It is subject 
to frequent earthquakes. A full account of this inte- 
resting district will be found in our article Inn. 
4. Valley of _ 4, The valley of the Albulacomprehends the vallies of 
the Albula. Davos and of Oberhalbstein. The principal valley of 
Davos is five leagues long, and is watered by the Land- 
wasser, which falls into the Albula near Filisour, the end 
of the valley, where the river runs through a defile 1200 
feet deep. The lateral vallies of Davos are those of 
Flula, Dischma, and the fine valley of Sertig, which is 
divided into two, and has a sulphureous spring, and ano-~ 
ther mineral water of a purgative quality. Each of 
these three vallies is four leagues long. Opposite the 
gorge of Zughen is the valley of Montstein, which has 
two branches, each a league in length. The district of 
Davos contains six lakes; the greatest of these, which 
Town of 
Coire. 
Country 
from Coire 
to Lucien- 
steg. 
Zitzen, 
Malantz. 
Jennins. 
Mayenfield. 
Luciensteg. 
Gouscha. 
3. Valley of 
the Inn. 
Valley of 
Davos. 
GRISONS. 
is half a league long and a quarter wide, contains great Gi 
quantities of fish. This district possesses several mines * 
of galena, copper, lead, and iron. The river Albula 
issues from a small lake in a mountain of the same 
name, over which there is a road to the Engadin. It 
descends into the valley across a dreadful gorge called 
the rock of Bergun or Bergunerstein, and meets the 
Landwasser at Filisour. T aah the smallest of the 
two, the united stream is called the Albula. It receives 
the Rhin-d’Oberhalbstein at Tiefenkasten, and is then 
lost in the posterior Rhine at Furstenau.. 
The valley of Oberhalbstein lies on the northern face y 
of the mountains Septimer and Julier. It is 8 1 
long, and its river rises in a small lake on’ Mount ~ stein, 
timer. Savognin is the chief place in tlie valley. About 
Tintzen the valley grows very narrow, and the road 
ascends at the side of a torrent, bounded by horrible 
rocks. At the end of three-fourths of an hour it enters 
the meadows of Rofna. Near Molins, the castle of 
Splondatsch appears at the bottom of a frightful gorge. 
On the road to Marmels, the ruins of the castle of the 
ancient lords of Marmels rises on the right, upon the 
summit of lofty rocks. There is a mine of silver and. 
of tin near Ziteil; and the remains of a copper mine 
between Ochsenberg and Tintzen. 
5. The valley of th 
The League of the Ten Jurisdictions. ’ 
The League of God’s House is divided into 11 dis- - 
tricts, and 21 communes, and sends 22 deputies to the ge« 
neral diet. Coire is the capital. The jurisdictions are, 
1. Coire, 7. Obervats. 4 
2. Pregalia. 8. Oberhalbstein. } 
8. Upper Engadin. 9. Puschiavo. 
4, Lower Engadin. 10. Munster. } 
5. Bivio or Stalla. 11. Villages of Zitzen, Ighis, 
6. Ortenstein. Trimmis, and Unter Vatz. 
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The Grey League is divided into 8 high jurisdictions 
and 27 communes, and sends 32 members to the gene= 
ral diet. The following are the jurisdictions : 
1. Dissentis. 5. Flims. ' ; 
2. Valley of Lugnetz. 6. Rhinwald and Schams. 
8. Grub. 7. Henzenberg and Tousis, . 
4. Waltensburg. 8. Misox. ; 
= Et tine ee Roan? 
The League of Ten Jurisdictions is composed of 11 ,. 
communities, and send 14 members to the diet. It jon 
comprehends the rest of the Grisons, viz. the vallies of — 
Davos, Prettigau, Mayenfield, &c. : 
These three leagues are connected by an annual diet Anny 
of the congress and of the three chiefs. The diet con- diet, 
sists of 63 deputies, who are chosen in the several com- 
munities by every male above a certain age. _ The diet 
meets about the beginning of September at Ilantz, 
Coire, and Davos, in rotation, and sits three weeks or 
amonth. The chief of the league, in whose district 
the diet is held, is president, and has. a casting vote. 
In-all affairs of importance, the deputies act according 
to the instructions of their constituents. A meu 
of votes decides every thing; but they vote in the fol« 
