INDEX.
349
S.
St Bernard, Great, the dogs of, 260; theconvent of, 275; Napoleon ’s passageof, 316
St Bernard, Little, the carriage-roadover, 264; prc-Boman antiquities on,297
St Gothard pass, 266St Martin, the giant, legends of, con-nected -with the perforation of rocks,&c., 103, 291
St Maurice , historical legend of, 291;
abbey church of, 301St Michael, chapel of, in the cavern atAppenzell , 101St Moritz, the baths of, 110St Ours, the church of, 302St Thcodule, pass of, 277St Vincent, mineral springs of, 107Sta Catherina, baths of, 111Sallenche, the, waterfall of, 54Sandstones, distribution of, 14Savoy Alps, the, scenery of, 23; lakesof, 41
Sclmffhauscn, the Bhine-fall near, 54
Scorpion, the, in the Italian Alps , 205
Season, the, for Alpine travelling, 320
Scracs, description of, 68
Sheep, Alpine , management of, 256 ;
different varieties of, 257Shepherds on the Alps , life of, 255, 257Shreckhorn, the, shape of peak of, 19Sickness in going down mountains, 336Sieben Bnmnen, the, 104Simplon, the, pass of, 265Skeletons, the practice of exhuming inSwitzerland , 294
Sky, glorious colouring of, in the Alpine regions, 150
Slaty crystallines, distribution of, 13;effect of erosive action on, 15; theforms of crests of, 18
Snow , its influence on the skin and eyes,146; varied colours of, 147; its phos-phorescence, 149; red snow and itscause, fft.; danger of, in Alpine travel,326
Songs, pastoral, of the Alps , 254Sphyngidoe, Alpine , 204Spliigen Pass, the, 266; General Mac-donald’s passage of, 317Springs, subterranean and salt, 104Spruce fir, the, 211Squirrel, the, 177
Stachelberg, mineral springs of, 108Staubbach , the, waterfall, 54Stauffaclier, Werner, the Swiss patriot,309, 310
Steinbock , v. BouquetinStelvio Pass, 267, 271Stoat , the, 171
Storms in the Alps , notices of, 135Stubayer Alps , the, 34Subterranean springs, 104Sunset on Mont Blanc , 152Suwarroff, his exploits in the campaignof 1799, 314—318
Swiss Alps , the, mineral springs in, 107Switzerland , lakes of, 41; statistics of,227; curious local customs of, 294;pre-historic antiquities of, 297 ; strug-gles for liberty in, 309—312
T.
Tannes de Corgeon, the, 100Taschhom, the, height and position of,28
Tauem Group, the, scenery of, 34Taurentunum, fall of the mountain of,131
Tell, the story of, 309Temple des Fees, the, 100Terglou massif, the, its position andheight, 35