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Title: Holy Land, with glimpes of Europe and Egypt
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Phelps, S(ylvanus) D(ryden), 1816-1895. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (8th ed.) New Haven, C. C. Chatfield & co.
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r entertainment. But the greatmajority are poor people, and they give nothing.Valuable presents have been sent to the Hospiceby those who have visited it. Recently a lady sent apiano. Who has not heard of the dogs of St. Bernard,and their exploits in rescuing travelers benighted andovertaken by terrible storms of snow ! I saw half adozen of these noble looking, sagacious and usefulanimals. There is a chapel of considerable size con-nected with the main building, and as it was Sunday,we attended awhile the service, which consisted of theusual forms of the Bomish Church. About two hun-dred persons were present. A chime of bells whichawoke us at five in the morning, calling to early mass,sounded very pleasantly in that awfully desolate re-gion. There is quite a library at the Hospice, andvarious old Boman relics, including coins and imple-ments of war found on this spot, which was once thesite of a fortress. The Hospice was founded in thetenth century by Bernard, who appears to have been
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THE MORGUE—ALBUM—PARTING 71 a pious, benevolent man, and was subsequently canon-ized. Napoleon, with great difficulty, took his armyover this pass just before the battle of Marengo. Ishould have alluded to the Morgue, or receptacle forthe remains of strangers who have died at the Hospice,or perished in mountain storms and avalanches. It isa low building, near the main edifice; and as youlook in through a grated door or window, you seestanding all around the room, or leaning against itswalls, grim, ghastly and withered corpses staring atyou in the twilight gloom of the place. The floor,also, is covered with skulls and other human bones.These remains are placed here, that they may beidentified by friends; and if not claimed, they seemto be allowed to remain, as in such a high atmospherethey wither away without being offensive. Still, onedoes not wish to look at such a spectacle but once. Itis amusing to look over the register of visitors, andread the various sentiments and bits of r

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