, 1866-10-21

Royal. We also met Miss Julia. Mr.. and Miss
Cobb, from Chlcsgo. Leaving Paris At p.
nAsLE, IN SWITZERLAND,
where We arrived in twelve hours aud soon
icit Tor Zurich. where my son was stopping.
weeks from the time VIC left New York.
AT ZURICH
We stopped at the Hotel Bana au Lac, most
charming house, aud we'll kept. There were
no less than one hundred and twcnty-six
amer americans At this house, and sixteen from
Smith and Haven, and their families. Also,
son and two dauEhtcrs OF Judge Wheeler,
Of New York. The garden, the walks, The
flowers. the shrubbcFy and In fact ali the
surroundings are most beautiful. You have
heard Of fair Zurich's waters aRd her lovely
makes Them The daughters, 1T they are
there, and as lovely as the poet would make
rs beliese), did not see. The mirror
like appearances Of the lake, rejecting the
buildings and fne trees and mountains which
surround Its shores, then the higher moun-
tain peaks across the valley, and far In the
background the everlasting snow-clad peaks
Of the Alps, furm \ panoramic vieH that
mast be seen 70 be appreciated. must not
forget to mention o1r ever attentive Consul,
de6,ed y Nho 81; 91 nnan owe H.; to "h9m al are In
sn days ut Zurich, We are off for
LUzERSE.
1ts beautiful lake is only rival of Zurich,
AID its snow-c1ad mountains are brought q
little nearer to you have only time 70 say
It Is charming. From LuZerne we take mi.
Tate conycyance to
IS1ERLAcuE.
Here tho Jungftau-thc most beautiful of
n1l the snow-clad peaks ofthe Alps yet seen
looms up ma}estically before you. Alter
ing for Grndfexald and hts Old u Apd riacIers cp.1
Two hours and half brought us 10 the Ho-
tel Glacier, where We left our carriages, took
q guide, and were off for the Upper Glaciers.
Just before reaching them we Wcre refreshed
WIN dlsa OF strawberries, one Of zaspber-
rtee and sweet cream, and all for one franc.
Aftcr the sounding Of the Alpine horn aud
cAssoy
for the echo It produced, VIC. entered glacier
10. passed through It's grottos and has
tened on to No; 9. At the extreme end Of the
gsotto sat an old woman discussing sweet
music on kind Of harp for our benefit, and
Of course expected q few cepttmes. Al the
lower end Of this glacier Was large party OF
men cutting Ice for the Paris market. It has
to be wheeled about two miles on vheelbar.
ons thence down Lake Thun to Thun, aud
from thence BY rail- to Paris After ta6le
d'Aote Ut the Glacier Hotel, We started for
Luntesbnnmau to view the Falls OF StAub.
pacus over one thousand feet bIEh. Here Won
nIe At the very base of the Jungfrau
rising thirteen thousand seren hundred and
eighteen feet above you, and with Its COM
Panions, the Schllthorn Gspaltcnhoru. the
WetterhoEn and Wingrnm. Alp, and Tie
other numerous peaks form the most bcauti-
fhl mountain view have yet seen. have
omitted entirely the. description OF the
Bruning Pass days ride, once taken,
Gan never be forgotten. ! must loAve you at
Iuterlachcn, as ain making altogether too
long letter. Hereafter shall write shorter
letters, and make some practical suggestions
In regard to Improvements in and around
our city, suggested by what have seen ut
some Of the places Visited. There are two
or three things of SO much interest touched
50 lightly that shall refer to them again in
my next. To. give you an idea Of the vast
amount Of rain which has fallen about here
the past season, wns Informed at Zurich
that the lake was seyeral feet higher than
for many years past. do not speak of
many objects Of very great interest In and
about where have been, as was not able
T. see them oil. leave here to-day for
Nildbad In tho Kingdom of WirtembuTg, In
the Black Forest, where are celebrated
springs. While taking the baths I shall find
plenty Of time to write- PIP,