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Barry II, has been sold by the monks of the famous hospice of the Great St. Bernard Pass. A tunnel has been bored through the Alps to underpass this famous alpine passage. However sorry we may he at the disappearance of Barry, the diverted traffic may make a visit to the hospice even more delightful for its seclusion and lack of traffic, The Great St. Bernard Pass (8,114 feet) is in the main range of the Alps between Mont Mort and the Pic de Drona. Going up from the Swiss side you get glimpses of Mont Blanc, and from the top of the Pass you have a magnificent view of this famous peak. The hospice was founded about 1049 by St. Bernard of Menthon, and has for many years helped travellers in distress. With the Augustinian Canons and their St. Bernard dogs, a world-wide reputation came to this little outpost of humanity. The monks' quarters and the rooms for the pilgrims are in the older building which is 16th-century. II you stay at Montreux it is a beautiful drive to the St. Bernard Pass through St. Maurice, Martigny, following in the first stages the valley of Ore Rhone, and then along one or two minor streams. up and up in gentle curves to the heights of the Pass itself. Incidentally, we have just been told, for those arriving at Montreux late on a Sunday, that there is Evening Mass at 8.15.
Montreux itself is of course a delightful summer holiday resort with swimming and boating on Lake Geneva, and on the historical side, no-one should miss the Chkeau de Chilton, which belonged to the Dukes of Savoy and was meant to block the way from Burgundy to the Great St. Bernard. Byron's "The Prisoner of Chilton" has made it immortal.
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