The Chickasaw messenger., 1881-04-14
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anothtr letter frorn Dr. >. N
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BALr, Sw1IzEnLkSD, March "A, 81.
Dear MAJ bad thought OF wait
ing until reached Paris befort
writing agsiD. hut finding myself ir
this place, with tWorainy hours on ny
handsI don't know how Icould betieri
pass the time then hy writing TO YOU
You will see from the headings Of my
letters that have been skipping
around pretty consi lerable for the
last weeks. / left Rome some OF G
davs 500 on mv way % Paris and /
when I reached Geneva the weather
wss 80 fine and warm, that con
cluded 20 take a little trip through I
Switzerland. especially as it was but
little out Of my way, and perhaps this
would be my only chance
Well to go back to Rome-since
writing the last time l saw the far
famed Vatican. the palace ofthe Pope,
aDd never enjoyed anything SO much
The building seems 10 be nothing
more than a mass of hOusgs stuck /
together 10 some fashion, H. not The |
palace but The contents that make the |
place SO attractive Ia it are the |
gems Of the Oh masters both Of paint
inas aud sculptures OF cour'
/ would be absurd for me to . 4
| 70 tell what is 10 be r" pretend
make comment e. ysu there or "a
The next ~ .lGiil pass that BY.
ascend ,sire Of interest was 10
IL saeeome ofSt. Peters church.
.eit % if had reached another at
mosphero. People beow looked like
picmies, aud the view Of the city and
. surrounding country was very fne.
One day we took & long walk on
the Via Appia, on the the road the
celebrated Romans bad their tombs.
but little remains now except piles OF
: bricks and stones to show where they
were at one time. On TIE same day
&c visited the Calacomhs or old
burial grounds. What is peculiar
about IL is tue graves were al. uDeer
ground. You 60 down on ore side
aud after walking ahoat half an hour
through dark alleys, Teach one must
have q Light, you come out on The
other side. ! saw nothing Of inter
est except oao or two skeletons aud
Q got ofol1 bones &c. hardly know
alat morg have 10 say lboat ponl
50 ] vii, s,ap here ! forgot Ca SAY
lbat in Tue Via Aplia | saw two TOO,
plints said to have been made h,
4 Christ They are preserved IA q
; church,
Ny next stopping place was at
! Pisa, Tee | saw ihc woalerlu.
Gaming Toworan magnificent Cathe
dal Tue Tower prcsca.s q striking
appearance, l1utiag as ii Il was falls
ing, but ss,lll stable as muny year.
have shown. | went TO the top bul
L was too hazy to see much Of ID,
country Hen that evening and spent
The next day in Genoa, The birth place
Of Columbus. There is not much Ia
be seen except a fne hafbor and some
! lne views from tie highest points in
the city Bv this time / had seen
enough Of Italy, 50 ! weut direct to
, Geneva. As soil before I found The
weather like tbe Italian, and en-
joyed The lake voiy much The city
, has aothing olinler,st, fkc lake being
! tbe chief attraction After spending
one day there took a boat on ne
lake as fara Lousama Eni yel the
, scenery very much Al L1ussma
! took the train fur Bern. rea, bed il
that night, wcut TO bed slept well,
] woke next morning to End it snow
ing very hard, imagine my surprise
and disgust. TIE sudden change
lom spIInI 20 winter vas too much
/ saw bnt little there, took FIRST train
for Lucerne and erj3yed The noun
tain scenery on the way The next
day the sun was as bright as ever So
+ ! had the leasure of taking a sail on
, the lake ol Lucerne the finest in TIE
world so ssid II is with out doubt
The grandest ever saw Mountains
on all sides, green at the foot, COW
cred with snow on top At one
place four lakes meet and just here
one must see il to have any idea Of
The grandeur Of the scenery. One
couId see the }ioi, the young frau
Pllotus aad range after range Of other
less important Alpine hills. I found
he weather little cool so ] de
cided to leave for Paris, and will get
there at Q o'clock to night
would like very much to see the
Alps 10 summer, but have seen some
Of the present sights and will be sat
isfed if / never see more. l would
like to ascend Mount Blanca and the
Rigi but at this time of tho year one
must be oontented with looking at
them from distance. Il is nearly
train time-will write from Paris.
Your son,
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