Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-04-04
Letters from Abroad. =. No. VIII, u

To MY DEAR Cousin AND DEAR CHEDREN:
"On the margin Of fair ZuSich's waters" this 10
commenced, and sent from Milan. l would that
The beauty Of the charming scenery round the love-
iiest lake we have yet seen, could inspire me with
words adequate to the description, bot might ex
haust all the epithets Of The beantil and then fall
do not think it is possible to give BY description
any satisfactory idea Of beautiful landscape. II
must be seen to be realized. will however give
you some of the main features, and you with your
vivid Imagination must fill up the picture. The
town is situated on both banks Of The Linmoth, q
small river, the outlet Of the lake which divides
the town into two unequal parts The lake is about
twenty miles long. and one and half wide, and o.
pens directly in front Of the town, within view
from which lies, at aliae distance from the lanA,
little Ise pretdy planted with trees, under which
are placed tables and seats, which serve place
of resort during tie warm dayso summer. Around,
between the Island andsthe short, float number of
Gondola-like boats, with their gay candpies and
striped pennons floating in the air As far as the
eye distinguish, villages and bamlets scat
tered along the BANKS. Far in.the distance, oppo-
site the town, is range Of young mountains COW
cred verlure of pastures and vineyards or fir trees
High above these the patriarchs Of the mountains
rear their frosty summitsy- some still retaining e.
nough of the raven hue of youth to show that they
were not always thus grizzledior covered with the
hoar frost of age One lofty peak Of the Jungfane
in particular one mass Of white, as If covered
with new fallen snow, and seemed to glisten EVEN
at this distance while glded with the rays Of the
setting sun, by which we viewed il from high
point Of what was formerly the bastians,nc con-
verified into botanical garden. While am wri-
ting some one passing is trilling one Of the Swiss
airstike the s' Rams de vache," with the peculiar
ntonations which are given to the parts repeated.
On return from our walk to the bastions to view
the distant mountains, we were shown the house
where LaUatev lived, and the church opposite in
which he preached. The finest church in outward
appearance in Zurich was pointed out, the first
story Of which was built by Chariemagne, the up
per part added by Zwingle Cor Zuinglius) one Of
the great Protestant Reormers, and the two towers
since added by the citizens The Canton Of Zu-
rich is protestant government and people, sur
lar to the Church OF England, and all and every
thing show change for the better, entering it from
a country (Austria) exhibiting marks and memen-
toes Of Catholicism on every side. must howev-
er leave, as said, the rest to your imagination,
which l am sure can in NO way exceed tt reality,
and 20 back to Vienna, to trace for oSr little ones
the course we have taken. 4s. @
IonV o(Anr ako
Of two weeks, enjoying ourselves exceedingly. We
returned to Linz up the Danube, taking tweBty-six
hours to perform what is accomplished in eight
hours going down the river. We made the ac-~
quaintance of very pleasant gentfemanly man, Mr..
Pacher of Vienna, who spoke English very well,
and had with him his little son about J.'s age, who
also spoke English. We arrived at Linz about IL
A. M Friday, and as we could not leave there till
the next morning, we all Of us whiled away the
time visiting one Of the towers which were built
by the Prince Maximillan, brother of the Emperor,
on plan Of his own and as yet an untried expert.
ment in the way Of ratification. They were built
at great cost and at his own expense. The citadel
described to you in my last has one Of these tow
ers at each of its angles and there no less than
thirty three of them in circumference Of miles.
They are circular, consisting of four stories, two
below the ground and two above. The ground
floor IL the magazine, the two lower stories the bar
racks where they may cook for 100 men. 1t has a
bakery complete, pump, engine. sc. In the 3D.
story are the sleeping apartments. and the 4th (the
roof of which is removed when they proceed to ac-
tion) is the battery, where cannon pointing IN
every direction, and machine in the center to
draw or hoist things from below. There are also
cannon in the Sd story pointing more downwards
to protect the immediate vicinity. The cannon Of
the 4th story Of all the towers cross or bear upon
each other, so that nothing can pass them with Inn
punity. This mode Of ratification, as have said,
has never been proved, but the city of Paris, in
building its new Notifications, have adopted the
plan with the improvement Of subterranean passa-
ges from one tower to another. Leaving this We
went to see the society Of Jesuts, or College, from
the top of which is fine view Of the town, the
Danube, and the surrounding country. The SOci-
ETY. is allowed by government, the only ORe in Aus
tria Of this order Nr. PaeAer said he believed the
rules of the order forbade the admttance OF females
into the interior, but might put on my most s's-
nOeent looks and we would try; but when the gen.
tleman requested for the sake Of the prospect, to
ascend to the top, the monk wha opened the door
very ciylly granted the request TO all but the dame,
so was obliged to stand behind the outer door and
wait the return Of the restthe absurdity OF which
90 oyercame Mr. Cs rsibilities, as he followed the
monks I'D stairs with a number of others who were