The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-03-15
European Correspondenee-..NO. s.

world when absent from the land Of their birth AZ
ter only few weeks visit ia their country shall
wish might spend every summer here. know peO-
pie who do that. and never to 90 elsewhere on
the continent. The English lady with the two boys
whom at our hotel the Rigi. is one of them.
II was here 6rst the " Swiss cottages" that
look as If only enlarged from the drawing books that
school children familiar with. Here / roamed
from morning till night End delights every
point. Here had the pleasure Of receiving and an
swering my first Island letters Here / attended two
quiet Sunday services in the Kalthad pnrlOr, and
here, as the old game says. 1 must break through.
We went up to KAltbad from VilInau the lake,
by the frightful railway.
I had my wish and returned to the lake on foot,
walk through pleasant fields, and tempting orchards.
1t is charming to travel when you do not need to
fix your times, and you may plan and unPlan all you
like without turning everything tOPsy turvey. So
the happy thought struck walk down the
mountain that it would be nicer spend night At
other place than Lucerne, where had already
visited.
Accordingly, we made pleasant trip to Brunuen.
where 1 again had window that looked out on the
lake. 1 took cup Of coffee at our late dinner, and
if rOmanced through my present letter over the
beauties of that mOOnt lake IS did that lleepess
night. am sure somebody would wish coffee had
never been invented-tO keep people awake.
The afternoon sail lovely, or rather the shore
views Autumn was just beginning TO scatter
gold and crimson among the trees; the stately frs
stood sOmbrs above the IplendorS beneath pictur-
esqus villages nestled up against this varsgated back
ground. in unsuspected bays and curves. behind the
shelter Of hns rugged PrOmOntOrios chateaux peeped
out here and there. aud mountains reared their
heads the distant horizon and again and again
was led to excaim, This is perfect u The sunset
gold gave place to the mOOnights silver the waves
danced and sparkled the stars gowed in blue sky
gay parties rOwed singing, about the lake. their merry
talk and laughter sounding up to my window, and
sat watching, and wishing 1, too, in it all.
In the morning, returned by boat came,
and approached Lucerne again to take our good bye
of her towers her river, her bridges, and find our
boat for place with jaw-breakiug name, where we
should take diligence for half days ride. The boat
on to which changed had pass through bridged
strait shortly before landing
What was my surprise to see, approach,
portion of the bridge rise up into the air. nodoubt
rested securely its hinges and supports but,
withstanding my confidence IN Swiss engineering,
confess to some cOnjectures what would happen
if that trap door should come banging down US.
1 had considerable curiosity to diligence with
its various compartments. There three or four
the route that day, and several supplementary
carriages" the latter much resembling shabby Gov
cred bugges. for all the fine sounding name.
The carriages may take the lead, and hurry all
they please but all must stand aside the last to let
the diligence go rushing by, frat into town.
Our ride was over the Bruuig pass, to Brienz. and
we had some beautiful scenery. I did not care to
walk, many were doing. but finally the ferns
tempted me out.
At BrienI we accommodated our plan to the within
of the ent, and got the unexpected treat of an
evening at Giessbaeh falls, which lay right on our
route. have seen, in q megalOscOPe at Honolulu, a
beautiful illuminated photograph of the falls they
lighted at night, which represents the show quite
perfectly.
The falls quite pretty at any time, and / ad-
mirsd the white illumination at night. but the other
colors, not much.
In the morning climbed up by good path to the
top of the Eve cascades, won't behind the bridges, ad
mired the views and regretted that had 80 short
time to spend there.
The hotel is excellent. and well patrOnTed. 1t con-
ssts of two large buildings under one management,
connected by 4 long, covered passage. The wood
blue ran all over corridor and arbOrs its scarlet ming
ling with the deep. unchanging green of the ivy.
This was on lake BrienI, nearly days journey
from Lucerne and was an aside our way to Inter
lakeu.
There / saw lace making and wood carving going
on according to the established notions. The lace
maker was a young girl in pretty pavilion by tho
wayside,-the wood carver was = boy farther up the
path to the falls.
snail moving across the path. My former encounter
with the nettes made little cautious in pokng
at this animal but soon gave over fears and stopped
to examine him. ugly !" He was q most beauti-
full His brown black body shone like SATIN
his back was velvet, his head ribbed aud striped in
pattern silk would do we'll 10 initiate in his
textures, IL be could.
He was about Eve inches long, but when 1 neddled
too much, be suddenly contracted TO the length of
one inch, and rolled away down hill, gathering earth
and sand his moist body be went, till you would
not have known him from pebble in the road.
have these sugS since, but be was my fret friend
and shall remember him as long as do the pretty
Geissbach with its five falls and fairy illuminatious
The path from. the falls to the steamer landing on
Lake BrienI winds among charming woods, giving
gmpses at times here and there Of the falls and
brings one in fifteen minutes TO the shore. Here we
found party Of four Eve Swiss in their own pic
mountain yodelling. The women had good voices, |
and managed the queer transitions from chestto head
tones with skill than the and boys We had
heard before. II takes great amount Of lung power
to execute this kind Of singing, and have often been
surprised to hear the singers shouting away in the
midst Of steep climbing in air. where most peo-
pie would have hardly breath enough to get them |
over the ground not to speak of the extra exeron Of
singing the top land the bottom Of the voice
have heard Hawaiian children do something that |
sounds like an inferior sort Of yodelling This island
reproduction is q prolonged cry consisting Of al
formation two three notes only, from chest to
medium, and is somewhat common about the streets
Of n native village.
The goat-herdI who entertain themselves with this
kind of singing active little chaps, they have
to follow their lively Cock about from crag to crAg
and they make good guides and porters. They take |
= bag and coat from sturdy il addition to all |
the wraps aud traps = lady thinks necessary on = /
mountain climb, and trip away with the load lightly
~ though they were the very ehAuois Themselves.
We took steamer from GeiS. bach to the railway sta
ton not far from Lnerlaken, and there climbed into
the topmost compartment Of the cars. Il like |
riding on the outside Of omnibus or strDet car,
should think. only there roof over heads. /
II 6ne weather il is delightful place 10 travel in.
But IL quile too democratic to sait the two or
three English parties Who seemed to have made mis-
take in getting up there their preference evil
deoy for the close compartments Of their own rail-
way carrisges,
Ihad not observed on the boat that thsy made any
remarks about the srsag system OF steamer travel.
where there divisions to hide the extraordinary
tourist from bis ordinary fellow tourist. But they
could speak Of hardly anything else on the train
.. These horrid ears No compartments. Who ever i
haar I'd of such thinr9 Sc VIZ aidatk ~