. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. Grand-Combin (see below). Beyond St. Pierre a deep gorge is crossed; beautiful water-fall to the 1. above the bridge. The celebrated passage of theAlps by Napoleon was commenced May 16th, 1800, and occupiedfour days. The St. Bernard had been reported by Marescot, chiefof the engineers, as barely passable for artillery. It is pos-sible: let us start then, was the energetic reply of part which most severely tried the troops was from St. Pierreto the summit. The artillery carriages were t
. Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers. Grand-Combin (see below). Beyond St. Pierre a deep gorge is crossed; beautiful water-fall to the 1. above the bridge. The celebrated passage of theAlps by Napoleon was commenced May 16th, 1800, and occupiedfour days. The St. Bernard had been reported by Marescot, chiefof the engineers, as barely passable for artillery. It is pos-sible: let us start then, was the energetic reply of part which most severely tried the troops was from St. Pierreto the summit. The artillery carriages were taken to pieces andpacked on mules, the ammunition was also thus transported,whilst the guns themselves, placed on the trunks of trees hollowedout, were dragged up by main force, the soldiers receiving1200 fr. for each cannon. At the Hospice each soldier partookof the hospitality of the brethren. The new road, hewn in the solid rock, avoids the worst partsof the old. It traverses the forest of St. Pierre and the Charreire; the scenery is picturesque, and several waterfallsare to Aosta. CANTINE DE PROZ. 58. Route. 237 The (8^4 M.) Cantine de Proz (iMMQ). ,•, -solitary inn(moderate), is situated at the connHeiicenKnt of the Plan de Proz(5866), the highest portion of the valley. A one-horse Liddes or Martigny , and a nuile to the Hospice or St. Remymay be obtained here. The carriage-road now terminates; someglaciers, especially the Glacier de Menoiive, descend to the far as the lofty brink of the valley. Tlic Mont Velan (12,352), u white pyramid rising in tlic backprrtund,to the E. of Great St. Bernard, commands a magnificent view, especiallyof Mont Blanc and 3Iiinte Rosa. It is best ascended from the Cantinede Proz (in 6 hrs.): two guides necessary, each 20 fr. : Ban. and at St. Pierre, and Seraphin Dorsal., son of the landl<»rd of tlieCantine de Proz. are recommended. — The Grand Combin , or Graffeneire(14,163), the neighbo
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