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Wed Dec 23 16:17:20 CET 2009

To them the plains around the Po, ([Greek: "ta peri ton Padon pedia,"])
and, reminding them of the good disposition of the Gauls who dwelt
there, he further showed them the situation of Rome itself.[27] The
Appenines, beyond the plain of Piedmont, seen from Mont Cenis, might
correctly be taken as the direction, at least, where Rome lay. 4. The
steep and rocky declivity by which the _old_ road formerly descended to
the valley of Susa, and where the travellers descended in sledges, till
Napoleon's magnificent _chaussee_ was formed, which makes great circuit
to the westward, corresponds perfectly to the famous places mentioned
both by Livy and Polybius, where the path had been torn away by a recent
avalanche, and the fabulous story of the vinegar was placed. This place
in Mont Cenis is immediately below the summit of the pass, and may now
be seen furrowed by a roaring torrent, amidst dark ledges of rock; the
corresponding chasm on the southern side of the Little St Bernard is
_below_ the reach of avalanches.[28] 5. On the summit of Mont Cenis is
still to be seen a "_white_ rock" called the "Roche Blanche," which
answers to the [Greek: "leuchopetron,"] mentioned by Polybius, on the
summit of the Alps which Hannibal crossed, whereas there is nothing like
it on the Little St Bernard, at least of such magnitude as to have
formed a place of night refuge to Hannibal. 6. What is perhaps most
important of all, it is expressly mentioned by Polybius, that "_in one
day's time_ the chasm in the mountain sides was repaired, so that there
was room for the horses and beasts of burden to descend. They were
immediately conduct
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