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most beautifully polished are the left doorposts of the 
GSschenenthal, the Meienthal, and above all, the 
Gornerenthal. 
The hamlet stands on a ridge at a height of 
1543 metres, corresponding to the terrace above 
mentioned , which from this point of view can 
be clearly traced on the mountain sides both up 
and down the main valley. At the projections 
Fig. 143.— Section of the Reuss Valley. 
it generally bears the last winter dwellings (Arni- 
berg, etc.). To it also correspond the other side 
glens, which, with the exception of the Gdschenen- 
thal, the reason for which we shall see presently, like 
the Fellithal, after a comparatively gentle slope, drop 
rapidly into the main valley, so that from the Reuss 
the steep entrances are alone visible. The same 
difference of level between the main and the lateral 
valleys occurs in the Aar and other similar valleys. 
