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The road which leads from Bozen up the Eggenthal over 
the Rarer Pass and on to Cortina is known as the Dolomitten 
Strasse, and is about 50 miles long. It passes through some 
of the finest and most characteristic scenery of the Tyrol. 
It traverses the Eggenthal, goes between the Rosengarten 
and the Latimer, crosses the Rarer Pass and descends to 
the Fassathal. The road turns north along the Fassathal, 
passing several villages, until it arrives at Canazei. From 
this town the Fedaja Pass to Caprile was taken. This is a 
charming route : from the pass the near view of the snow- 
clad Marmolata is very fine, and at the top of the pass is the 
dividing line between Austria and Italy. From Caprile, 
an Italian village, after a steep walk of three hours, Andras 
was reached, and by traversing the new main road over the 
Falzarego Pass, Cortina may be approached. Cortina is 
becoming quite a town and stands in a fairly wide valley 
guarded on both sides by heights of peaked and serrated 
rock giants. 
There are some towns of considerable size in the Tyrol, 
but not many. Innsbruck, the capital, has a population 
of 50,000. It has one very wide principal street, the Maria 
Theresienstrasse, and the Hofkirche is noted for the Emperor 
Maximilian’s tomb, surrounded by 28 bronze statues. Botzen 
is a large busy town with a population of 15,000. Meran 
flourishes as a health resort in winter on account of its mild 
climate. Sterzing is a small town on the Brenner and ranks 
easily first for quaint and attractive beauty. 
The lecture was made very enjoyable by some interesting 
accounts of Tyrolese life and scenes, and of episodes in the 
Lecturer’s own experience. Some of the lantern slides 
exhibited were coloured, and all of them were exceptionally 
good, and much appreciated. 
