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Maloya, is called Bergell (Pregallia), 
and its principal productions are, cattle, 
Hax, corn, and fruit. The viliage of Lo- 
glio, to the right, is embellifhed with the 
country-feats of the Meflirs. de Salis.— 
The ruing of a chapel erected to the me- 
mory of St. Gaudentius, who propagated 
the Chriftian religion in this diftrit, are 
ftill remaining, not far from Caflaggia.— 
A path conduéts, in a continual zig-zag, 
up the mountain ; thick fogs envelope the 
traveller, jutt arrived from the genial fum- 
mer of Comos’s lake. As foon as he 
has reached the fummit of the chalky pre- 
Cipice, the village of Maloya affords him 
a reitthg-place. Heis now at the fouth- 
welt extremity of the Upper Engadin, 
in one of the higheft inhabited vallies, the 
intenfe cold of whofe atmofphere atte(ts 
its elevation. Ata little diftance from 
Maloya is fituated. a confiderable lake, 
which extends about four miles to Sils, 
and abounds in trout. To the right, be- 
yond Sils, the river Inn rifes at the foot of 
an extenfive glacier. Not far from its 
fource it firft traverfes the fmall lake near 
Siva Plana, and afterwards the ftill 
{maller near St. Maurice. After water- 
ing the whole Engadin, it enters the Ty- 
rol at Finftermiinz. This river has the 
credit of having given its name to the 
Engadin, which is {aid to be derived from 
En Code Ino (in Capite Ini). The length 
of the valley of Upper Engadin is up- 
wards of thirty, and its breadth not 
more thantwo miles. On each fide of it, 
mountains, piled on maffes of granite, 
tower aloft to the fky, and the weather- 
beaten crags on their fuminits refemble 
the ruins of antique caftles. Thefe moun- 
tains are covered half way with forefts of 
Jarch and pine-trees, and they are very 
rich in falubrious plants, particularly the 
Iva mofchata, valeriana, and angelica.— 
Other fpecies likewife grow in abundance; 
and in fome motif fituations we found the 
fineft garlic in full bloom. The produc- 
tions of the Upper Engadin are confined 
to good and extremely fragrant hay, of 
which two crops are annually obtained, 
and a {mall quantity of barley. The 
Alps afford an opportunity for rearing 
cattle ; and in the huts of the herd{men 
are made excell-nt butter and cheefe.— 
A portion of the mountains is let to the 
thepherds of Bergamafco, who pafture 
their fheep upon them full two months in 
the year ; for that is the duration of the 
fummer of the Engadin ; fo that, reckon- 
ing fourteen days for {pring, and as many 
for autumn, nine months are left for the 
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dominion of winter, who is here enthron- 
ed in hoary majefty. 
St. Maurice, the laft place in the Upper 
Engadin, is celebrated for its mineral wa- 
ter, which contains iron and acid gas in 
confiderable quantity. It is exported in 
great quantities, particularly in Auguft; 
and is treguented by ftrangers, who repair 
hither from Switzerland, Lombardy, and 
the Tyrol. The accommodations at this 
place are aftonifhingly bad ; neither walks 
have been formed nor baths conftruéted 
for the convenience of vifitors ; and it is 
by mere accident that you meet with a 
phyfician. 
houfes, and refemble the former only in 
their charges. Weftward of St. Mau- 
rice is fituated the mountain called Julius, 
over which a road conduéts to Chur. On 
each fide of this road ftands an ancient co. 
lumn, without pedeftal or capital, about 
three feet in height and two in circumfe- 
rence. Thefeare faid to have been erected 
by Czfar, who here found himfelf unable 
to proceed any farther againft the Rhaetii; 
but the infeription, ‘* Now plus ultra,” on 
which this report is faid to be grounded, 
is no where to be found; and it is even 
doubtful whether Cefar ever was in thefe 
parts. A very intelligent man who re- 
fides in this country, who has accurately 
examined thefe columns, and under whofe 
direction the earth has been dug from 
about them, is of opinion that they were 
erested hy the Romans for the purpofe of 
making libations. Inthe Lower: Enga- 
din, which commences with the village 
Sumada, is a cave, which is likewife faid 
to have exifted in the time of the Romans. 
Drufus, the fon of Auguftus, actually 
penetrated with an army into this valley, 
which he fubdued,-and it is reported 
that he took up his winter-quarters in 
the above cavern. Not far from Chur 
there is a paflage hewn through the rock, 
which is denominated the Roman gate. 
To the eaftward, on the mountain of 
Bernina, is fituated a remarkabie glacier, 
from which, in fummeg, runs a confider- 
able ftream, which difeharges itfelf into 
the Inn. The adjacent'mountains are in- 
habited by chameis, marmots, wolves, 
and bears; the latter frequently do confi-~ 
derable injury tothe flocks of fheep onthe 
mounta‘n-paftures. We faw feveral cha- 
mois fhot, and found their finews and ten- 
dons,. particularly in the legs, of un- 
common ftrength, We were likewile 
fhewn fome of the lumps which are found 
in their ftomachs, and which, in the dark 
ages of ignorance, were employed in inc- 
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The inns are rather pot-. 
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