The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-08 00:00:00

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rAtt;:.. ; anti, haviar arrived there, prepared for our
novel undertaking. hirer only of the party elm.. to
s 'Warr nit s issuer's surface, the rest living unwilling
w ran the risk of slipping into the cuuntlea• aby: at s the'
Yawned on every side. We qitl•hd terra firma, atteuairal
one 4sl the ',Woks and erased wils long 4mi-shod
rile', for the peignoir of Icapieg across the elmsins.
tiro, these our grille s-rang with the tittnii.it agitity.
and we followed as writ u we could; sometimes vs tits
Is • assistance. sometimes by our own tigeniutis. 'll lee
odrepidity and address of these felons are as ttttt
When crossing a more than misally aide eltssm. they
carry the pole under one at,.. in a horizontal thrertion.
so that, *(they fail in a liras footing tsl uu the opposite
brisk, they reasai• suspended by the too ends f tl e:r
rile. which r.st on the two vide+ of the .harts, 'mid
extricated. lat.en was I alarmed with seeing the gaole
iMpose himself to seemingly housinent flinger. by
stretching nut his hand or pole in order 10 farilltaw our
passage aertroi a broad opening. We, lota tyro% raridnlly
fallow'.: him, and, after having advanced for alma: half
an hour, claimed a short misfile to view the sairionntling
scene. And what a scene! Inevery direction, marred
to a height of 30 or 40 feet, the viirtst and Shilling waves
of this .r..sen ars ; some smooth and horizontal. lathers
hut half raised; souse heapcd up in huge usames, others
opening wide. and di.eliraing anted ble ; at in-
I, reale, the hollow sound of flashing aster' sisuck upus
the ear. "'haat from the neignbctiring rude'. clear
stream., preripitaied themes-Ives is cascades. and slataled
the rye with their eparklitw brightness. In flout air
etacirr untended several miles, till, suddenly timing.
i• race toward tie.. summit t.f Mont Blare; !whim! us,
it roiled into the vale ut t PIA ttttt Utly. Um 01Ie slur, high
and craggy rocks reared their pyramidal heads; on the
sols-r, the ...op ascent to tie olontanvert oiftwesi the
• aeon 110110 path to the world we hail lett. 1111,w 'hail
I paint my feelings in this unnatural solitude? Ilow
cypress the enu stmt' of awe and astoui:laistent that hlled
ryas heart. thus strangely separated as it acre, from all
rtitreated nature? It seemed the grand epoch of (Tea-
t, —it oats chaos cow again—anti on every side ap-
peared the scrisinpanying rudi. iniliwestatple moles.-
We could nut, however, remain here brag ; and, di-
rected by the guide. 1100t1 restimeol the rauttutts Mardi,
Wail the recollection of oar friends on the Mout:invert,
te whom our feats could, of runr,e, milord HO an usement,
imlnced its to return. Ilelnitting them, we sit pro: reties*
to descend die umentain, in older to visit the sourer ul.
t 1 Arroyron. This tab a phre when an arch tit ha..
farmed under the a lacirr des rois tiering roe!' a inter,
• •I as regularly tie-troye,l by the lo•ut of Each sitcreral-
it samosa r. 1. p to a very late HrUnt, the sight pus-
bv:sed unusual attractions from the almost magle4i AP.
irarance of its lofty grotto, and deep Mng per.pertive,
Lot the recent fall of a large portion hos shalt rially
di-
t..inisbed the general street. I' the heart ul this ra-
v ern the Aryl, run hursts forth. and, white with luau'.
*Parries along to it+ junction with the Arve. We stow
r ''urued to the hotel, and were speedily assembled at
t!.e dinner taido, whirls gratified ettriosity, anal the
aui-
r•ated eunversatitra of ear fair fr7entls, rendered highly
• •ioble, until that hour ut contention. poittie.,
s. is intro:int:A. An American. jnst arrived, had re-
oersted and obtained pertnistitata tio juin the dinner
.! tr. tharing the dessert. the abject alluded to was
s• utrsf,aud each rer6oll, as is ...rrarraily the rase, Iserame
• Tian& to deliver :in opinion. 'ales: were tolerab y
.•, nith the exception of the Ameriran's, aho
I....to:heti nut in the usod violent terms against the pre-
:4t system of Government in France, concluding a lib
v.,. remark, that Honaparte was the greatest man ever
a ',iliac anal as such, the only one qualified to wield the
I:^encli sceptre. Whilst descanting with ansa..l tg self.
e.:l.placency on this thread-bare :topic, Isis riser was
the lard by the Count de nho had as
e•ruly espoused the Bourbon tastw, alai, its all Fiala:i-
-t tiy. ts !alien to rat short the areurnent. " said
t. to the American, " yott are a tool 1.- Had the lista-
fallen ateongst us. there sandal not have been a more
irstanraneuus sitener ; each feeling that such an eddies'
admitted of hut one answer, nut Heat rather au unit-
.ll) nature. in the peaceful village of l ha:tinnily. The
.smerican, however, much dircutteerted, merely renlitol,
Every uric, Sir, is at liberty to give his opinion:''—
" True, retorted the Come, " and that jitAilirs site
thy remark ; Napoleon is a knave and you
are a tool:" Another deal '*:race. lint no—the Ante-
ri-zo either subs* rittel to the discreet opinion of iltidi-
tat as, that

•• Nliny perils do enti►r.n
The wan that meddle,' nosh told iron."
nerhaps w.. unwilling to leave '• the warns prreinrto
i•! the rheerial day" till the ronipletion of his tow. It.
t'at os it us,'., reistaint.l silent: upon whirl', Ilse
t ••unt, aill!es•spinst: !:se I.l.l:titc•l S. the only lady remain- .
saki, '• Coustemie, sine noels ifiniltons to
end I.•ft the room. :ts the reed rives again
Ltccr eerry s,ust of ulna, so ►evive.l the self p ivies-44m ,
Si 11.,. Jute►ir:ut. with it. all bin fluency. I. !Mir.
ev..r. berelitei hitt lit!le I y his wilisespient
haring Aorily altertr::rds retired to nor rimmh••r, Et-
tigue,!, bnt highly grAtil:ed rtith the alai's ext•nrsion.
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