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de son salut, and which he always con-sulted upon the most important affairs.Covare, King of Norway was forewarnedby his genie that there was a conspiracyagainst him. They place also in this rankof genies, the vampires of Bohemia , whoin the night, suck the blood of the living,to infuse it into the bodies of the dead,which bodies are always found with freshblood about the nose, mouth, and ears.
In several spots near Leuck we saw thesad monuments of the furious avalangesso frequent in this country. In 1759, oneof these masses of snow carried away intwo minutes, twenty-seven houses, andburied ninety-seven people.
Here, and in all the Alpine vallies, theymake excellent cheese ;* and the annualexportation of this article alone from Swit-zerland amounts, we are told, to fifteenmillions of francs. Among the Valaisansthere isa singular customof making a cheese