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aocd Cellarius, that it is now called Alt, or chap. 
Oil, by the inhabitants'. The scenery here is - 
of the most striking description : the bold per- 
pendicular rocks; the hanging forests; the 
appearance of the river, flowing in a deep chasm 
below the road; and the dangerous nature of 
the pass itself; all these contribute to heighten 
its sublimity. The masses of rock above us 
were covered with a beautiful white saxifrage^ in 
full bloom, displaying the richest clusters of 
flowers. It is certainly one of the most re- 
markable Passes in Europe, if not in the whole 
world; and might be rendered impregnable, 
simply by throwing down the shelves, or nrtificial 
wooden roads, which, in many parts of it, hang 
from the sides of the rocks, and offer the only 
means of access. Tf these almost atrial bridges 
had not been repaired for the Ambassador, it 
would have been out of our power to proceed 
through several parts of the route; yet this sin- 
gular dfjile, and all the Jlpine region connected 
with it, is scarcely noticed in any of the maps 
yet published of the country. It should be 
laid down as the Pass of Rolhenthurn, or of the: 
(2) Vide Cluverium, cd. ReUk. lib. iv. cap. 18. p. 284. LonJAIWi 
" Qui nomen eoiitracte retinet, vulgo Alt, sive Oil, dictus a Ger- 
inanis, atque accolis." Cellario, Geog'. Aatiq. lib. ii. cap. 8. torn. I. 
p. 590. Lift. 1701. 
