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tho general impression produced on my mind iB.
that Hwltznrlattt Ia gront European Or rather


atop, for, everything QUO beholtta seema to fit
into that iden. Very many roa{lora of TltE
TR1nuNk hayo soon Tho beautiful New York Com
tral Park, which is far ahcad Of nrY artificial
otresqs h,n lposenosa ys'x and in Fafs tson. ~
Of mountains, valleys, lakes, water
T%s Nor Yorf par% % ay. w.th 'ns eon+asran!c s;,sS;
degree OF accuracy. bo called "Swit:orIand III
miniature" Ihoro IL certainly no other park III
the world which imlta.ca 20 1nany af the fea-
% tr,ca OF sw,sSorse'd. apd 1t Is thia very. thing
le1ltlota 1t SO lar superior to Ill athers.
=. Now Try md ln'aRne five or s!x thousand Now
tains lifted up to attitudes to correspond with
the onlargclnont; with tho la'ca and plains
spread out In proper proportion; with rivers.
nfu falioyn. antl wator-fa's, to match; with mn
fu'inite variety Of surface, from sunny slopes
ehaaius, aud prsoipiees - ot ( dizzy height, and
Vii steFSss sttSsY so aonn ~oso eoxsssd ssssd
sistcn tumble avalanctcs Of SNOW, and on wlloso
torn face hang rverB Of frozen wator; and then
ybn got some idea Of how Switzerland actually
looka. It te park-ltto In all sa parta aud III ita
entirety; itB extremes embrace
EVERYTHING IN NATURE,
from tho simple to TIM nublimo; from bcctndeh
tclg. mud sunny ralloyA; aud ylo-clau H'opes to
rocky deserts, sunless gorgos. and b'cal deao!a-
not unltio those found In S~itzerlafd. It l,as
mountains almost m high mud prccipttouB, and
covered With perpetual SNOW bit, for want Of
rain n summon allt of mfldnces IN winter, ita
Switzerland. The nomly-tlibcoyored beautiful
region among tho Baclf Hlils, from tho deecrlp-
tiDi,B hnTa inst boon reaing, must beaf co1,3id-
erabio Resemblance to aono Of tho legs rugged
PORTIONS OF Switzerland. Tho Yosemite Va}iov,
in California, iinda its counterpart in .on,o RI
theHc lty3t r:fai1n
have noen nothing in Switzerland either iino or
cq1al to that ln.rVeinnB vnlIay, thero aro Blghta
to DO behcll most wonderful md tremendous,
and Which lind parallel in no other pn:t OF the
Which contributes much to is bounty: itH
moisture s1torpatcd with ssanh1.snc. Ire!aud Ia
called tho ''I2metald Islo." saItzcgla,M may
with equal trashfu1ness bo 1led tho
''EstXnAI,D ml0litASDs or Eu"orE."
Tho most rugged and precipttena mountains arc
covered With donso forests almost to the very
suow-iino, whororor tilnro IL a particle
Of eassh on the face, or in the creyIcea
OF the rocks, to support trce-llfo;, and
grass growa aud aowers bloom whoreyer t!sese IL
e.,osgn Holl to hide their route. The Swiss fa.u,-
ers In the docp motlntain-|alloys have, for tho
}asr fortnight, been cutting and gathering theis
Id ctop Of hay for thg seaaoI,. ltooka curious.
Re Que ridea niong up valley, to seo hum
t,rods Of mon aud women moving grass on
tho sidos Of mountuins steepor Than the roof Of
a house, nni toi}ing awny up thorc half miln to
a mile above your head. Ni,'ie some aro cntt'nE
tho grass, others arc engaged in CARRYING |iay on
their estb or haniing it un sie:!s, uDTn to thrlr
Htt}o barra. Thube not 30 employed afo digging
potatoes on tho sido Of tho mountain. perhaps
i'm to tno clond-liao others srb cnrrylnS ma
n,1re, in baskots on thoar bneNs. inr up TOWARDS
tho region Of perpetual snow Rul ico. Thou
san1s Of poor 3WaB Ionaan thNH toi! Ia this tacs-
perato struggle for hfo.--"ofh!n6 Hko beasts "
l11sdon OIL monntain' sides where oven mules
caf,rnt IN and rnntA cau hAr,flv iini d fouthDtj.
After hRru climb, Quo day, to 4 cortntn spot,
G,900 feet above tho sra. "i!ere was 10 be had .
SpIoudd view Of tho towering JW1gfFau. Monk
EiEcr, ind other sharply-oHtined hofhH ahd
cliasm-like valley. ! found
VILLAGE CALLED mUnREN,
containing furty families, actually located sev-
eral hundred leot abavo tho limb Of the growth
Of tho pino. They wore Obliged to descepd acon-
adorable tliaaura to get tnel. They aubs'sted
on the sunny side OF the nountalp. aud ricka!
up u littie gold acting as guides aud carriers fur
tourists. j saw humorous patches of rotatoes
up tl,ore* growing luxurisuely. while woniou woro
clipping, ErnsB With hnDked Knives Whcro tho
mountain was 10 steep ti.at felt dizzy in 1oolk-
lug over tho brow Of The dccllvity down to ~llero
tl1oy Wero clinging md emitting. Over on tho OPP
posito side of the Ghasln, Which seoHOd only \
llstol-ahot oil, but was raallr miles,, tho dBnsh
IL tho valley being considerably moro tIlan e.
milo,--tho snow and leo hung i'll sast nlassos OIL
the craga aud iutting rocks, fully 1000 feet
boiow the level OF tho Vil!age Of Mareen, whore
! stood. Every now md thon {. crashing, rum
bling sound, like that Of distant thunder, would
issue from the icy caverns and crugs OF tho
mighty Jungfran, accompanied BY rush
Of prodigions Inass Of SNOW and ico fur down
tho sidea Of the moAMalss. These avalanches
in tho spring ti,no, after warm rain, are 30 i'm
mouse in bu)k, aud have so much pleasure from
belilus ~ sometimes to pr0j jcct themselves into
tho vallays below, burylng up who'll viagoH, mud
destroy Eg tic inl,al1tanta III their pathway.
Switzerland il used as
. TIE ruliL1o rARK or EuEopE>
Tens OF thousands Of tourists swarm oyor it
continually fton, thu nllddlo of May till tho
nlde Of September e, each yeHr narlng tl,oso s
cfs alter hntter nca1tn arc so efeAt stlat Hearas
tho w4oo swlAH po''utelsoll deeu TO 20 employed
III ono way Or another ~ Wa't'1iH on then'--icea
lug, sholtbrlng, co1lSeyln{s, nala Eaaa'hg them.
Tho number or visitors fllls your IL estimated to
exceed 23U, ,u1o, aud the money ictk beilha tnohl
il. the country NIL aluu!it tu mero Than S50.
000. QUO.
Experience bus demonstrated that. no mcdi"
cine or minera! wnters are ef1uai in e!ica~
cy in removing such ailMonts ~ dynpeep~
Ha, langnor. and general debility, a''d restoring
Rol,ud soep alld good digcatlon, strbngth 10 tue
limbs aud bloom to tho cuuek. rs foot or mule
buck tour up hill and down dM!e in tho pure
braoing air Of Switzerland. Whoiorer &c
atllnuv tlgHn mountains aud fAlitrd l iuopt