Grin del wald

Village in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, at an altitude of ab. 3,500 ft., at the foot of the Schreck IMG:content-0419.jpg:[graphic][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-0420.jpg:[blocks in formation] Grisons-The Via Mala. capital Chur. It is traversed by spurs of the Rhætian Alps. It comprises the ENGA- DINE (q.v.), and con- tains the sources of the Rhine. The scen- ery is magnificent, and cattle forms the principal wealth of the inhabitants, who speak German and Italian. The canton contains 240 glaciers. Pop., 1888, 94,800. Griswold, ALEX-