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spoken In the most mountainous parts of the countryof the Grisons, near the sources of the Rhine and theInn. It consists of two main dialects; which, thoughpartaking both of the above general name, differhowever so widely as to constitute in a manner twodistinct languages. Books are printed in both ofthem; and each, though it be universally understoodin its respective district, is yet sub-divided into almostas many secondary dialects as there are villages inwhich it is spoken; which differ, however, but littleexcept in the pronunciation. One of the main dia-lects, which is spoken in the Engadine, a valley ex-tending from the source of the Inn to the frontiers ofthe Tyrolese, is by the inhabitants called Ludin. Itadmits of some variation, even in the books, accordingas they are printed either in the upper or the lowerpart of this province. The abovementioned Bible isin the dialect of the lower Engadine ; which, how-ever, is perfectly understood in the upper part of thatprovince, where they use no other version. The otherdialect, which is the language of the Grey, or UpperLeague, is distinguished from the former by the nameof Cialover :* and I must here observe, that in thevery centre, and most inaccessible parts of this latterdistrict, there are some villages situated in the narrowvalleys, called Rheinwald, Cepina,+ &c. in which athird language is spoken, more similar to the Germanthan to either of the above idioms, although they be

* This is rather a trivial name; but the dialect has no otherdistinctive appellation.

t Tschudi, Rh*t, Descrip, p. 43. Merim Topogr. Hetret. p. 64.

neither