, 1873-09-23


little baggage, and put up at tho queorest littlo
Gotmau inns posstble to be imagined. There
oyo aoua vary n,onsnnt tlinra about travelling
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bo mot with everywhere, ono OF winch ID sAo
conD1AL1TY AND FRIENDLY aooD.~fLL
OF tho pooplo, They do not treat you like
.tr,noor 41moat cyn,rlodv eaye " Good-dav''
s'lans"' 0's.'o'' H. 80. -,
to you, at least; and most h1t tno1F naes' ano
bow and smile, in really eoc1aoie manner. aoa
nro bowfnr constantly as you ride over tho most
+,oouauted ron,,s. i,1at M If all the population
eoro your most Intimate friends. At one inn
we stopped Ut, the gifl VINO "e1tea upon os eau'o
aud shock hands with every monber OF tho
party when wo loft the house and once little,
jolly, round-facod boy, not over OIL s years old.
came running up ~ ue ~ aa ''nAs .,
not Hatiniteu With smnhe, anu oo"in6, auo
shaking hands, actually kissed the hand OF ono
nf the marty. meution these littio things as
r;v,rc soma Indication of tho war1n-hearteduoBe
b'.ns noa,o s.4.. -. H. ,"aa,,trz, h.~a
and gonial epult " 'no peae"n't5 uoto
should think thoy would DO genial anu
happy, living in such valleys aa these. 1t
soons hard to believe there can bc any more
s"'4oSn - ~ WV "o,Au aso ~ 80, ...s.,' ~
are. Ihofe arc holds ol sraSS "'io VIII tne
deepest emerald groen. Thoro are holds OF
Wild flowers, of rurplc, aud rcd, and yellow,
t.
nrodjgal profuslon, 10 that you can pluck them
hv tIo lauufull : tic most perfect forget-me-
uoty aud bIue-Lells in their graceful beauty. I
uevor saw anywhere such profusion Of wild
flowers. Some fields seem III tho distance quito
yellow. otlofe pink, othcrB white, and others
ara1n nurpfe. while Home arc beautifully yarie-
gated Add tho dazzliug green Of tho grass,
aud tho silver groom OF the waving rye, the dark,
rIosev j,ucs OF the distant pinc-trees, aud tho
Fight aud shade which tho Aoatlng clouds throw
over them ALL and moro
BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC PAVEMENT
for these temples OF Nature could scarcely be
pavement Grand mountains. with towering
peaks. rise all around. Some are snow-clad,
aud lhoir crosts glitter in the bright MONDAY,
or catch the soft tlilts Of tic sunset. Othofa
to dizzy hoights, and sometimes there is
only room betwecn their massive walla for the
rushing stream and tie narrow road which winds
beside It. There wore on our route several mag
nlfcept passes Of this description, as grand,
tliuk, rs almost anything In Switzerland. Otller
Inouuteipy, again, are clothed With dark, gloomy
forests Of giaut pines, aud tirs, aud hen,.ocks,
Offering a tiue contrast to tho rocks aud the
SNOW. Az tile road turns bither mud tAi:hor, the
scn,,n ia eyer cnangiur. Now. the suoY.clad
crogt of a distant n,uut1tain liseB into tie blue
right over q hill whose slopes are covered with
rich 1neadowp Of smiling green. Now, q great,
precipitouB cliff rises trom your worry feet to
hoiellts far above tie clouds. aud you SEQ its
whole riaut shape, from base to summit, at ono
pin,,ce. Iben. again. the wooded and tho grass
covered hills, the rushing rivers and green
riadcB. the scattered rocks and tho picturesauo
chalols aud hauletB, arc ever combining in pic
turca of
sunpAss1So WOODLAND AND 1oW1ASp DRAuTY,
Everything seems like picture, or sceno
from q rouantic story. Tile houBes, the queer
churches the little bits of chape1s by the road
side. tie uumbcrlcss crucitixcs, SOME ut great
ei2c' aud almost ghastly aud horrible, which
fairly line tho war, tie memorials either q
nross or pictulo--ercctel wilcro some accident
hou honneiIc,} tho cnat,Imca of tho nouplo MI
sflord s Constant variety and interest, and COM
bino to make tlt ride always Charming One
hardly over aeoa q CHALET Or . house Without
rolirious picture upou it, or q verse from tho
Hi;,5o or some IN, ,ev in praise Of the greatness
eud nower Of tic Creator, Every hamlet has ita
church with picturesQuo beil-tower. Strange
olaces tLe7 ara, with their little graye-yards,
Whero each grave Inns black cross planted upon
il :; aud With thoir images aud tinsol ornaments,
innde. TboY arc always silent and deserted,
save, perchanco, by ono or two poaBantB in 8
corper, yucuntly telling over their bcalB, aud
they do not Heem at ali liko any other churches.
rhz.
tssels, sAld.-.Ley are really dlminutiye tay-
ernu, generally with the stnbla right underneath
or closely connected with the main building, al-
ways with dogs and suudry other animals roam
nliy M fauitlessiy nent. though, aud everything Is
plean aud nice, and the beer and cotfeo arc or
col!eut. Tue other things arc not so good.
Veal il the staple meat, and you cannot get
much elso, aud vegetables arc scarcs. ~ @ The Ger
times we Lad amusing experiences of utter fail.
urcs in tho way, Of dinners, whom everything
vent wrong, aud it waa impossible to make Dc
cent meal ; tl1on again we would be surprised e
find things remarkably good, even III tho mosl
unsny!t,ng-looklug placca.
But must mention = foW OF the places OF In"
tersst Oh tho route. The first III
..,..,- nEhnnvss, T. a''s |, ,,.,aror h,+ non
ouly used spectacle for the puLio. Tue prin.
cipal curiosity here IL lot Of asurea made y at t.
uovein various eonlleal ways by means Of % delicate
maeh4nesy %oekea y rannuup n Wa'er. aetuapt a
the must curioub OF these llghrea was repre '1'
Een!atlon OF perseus reAenl'g Andromsda' Ihe
dragon ksPt TnnnnE r@anu q y fnoa or aa n cif
sle hhens Auaroeua, chaI.eo - 70 nar siune t r.
1sr anu Willis oon ne eao rnnc TO t eottan of PHI
rssneus a,a III, INITIAL Swo,m ,a fraSnn wn,1,