The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-09-02
A NEW HAvENER,s 1RArEls,

of Engineerlng-The Attractions or Jer-
 malt,
 The following letter was recently re- oeived by a gentleman in this city from friend, also New Haven gentleman who is travelling in Europe. The letter was written from Chateau d'Oex, Switz- erland:
 We landed at Glasgow and from there visited Ayr, the birthplace of Burns-a very interesting spot
 The next day we took trip through Lock Lomond, Lock Katrine and the Trossack to Edinburgh, where we stay ed three days. From there we went to Melrose Abbey, Dryburg and Abbots- ford, thence to Durham, where we stay ed one night and one day to see the fine cathedral and the fine old castle built by William the Conqueror. Next We went to York. which has a wonderful cathedral, York is said to have been founded in 9S3 B. c. In 15O A. D, it was a great Roman station. It is one of the old walled cities and is an extremely in- teresting place. I had been there be- fore, but enjoyed three days stay there this time very much. From York we went direct to Antwerp and Brus- sells, remaining there three days, and then to Paris, where we were thirteen days, sightseeing most of the time, with trips to Versailles and Fontainebleau From Paris we came direct to Lau- same, Switzerland, 3SS miles, This is one of the pleasantest and best situated towns in Switzerland. As it is built on hills, with fairly steep slopes about the center of Lake Leman it overlooks the beautiful lake in almost its entire length and on the opposite side we get the high peaks of the Bernese, Oberland noun tains, covered with perpetual snow. Af- ter a two days stop here we went to Genoa for three days, then train to Cluses, twenty-six miles, when we have to take diligence drawn by six fine horses for the balance of the way to Chamounix, twenty-eight miles. This is a grand ride through magnificent scenery all of the way. The climb up the mountain sides is a hard one for the horses, which are changed for fresh ones about half way.
 At Chamounix we stayed three days, doing some mountain-climbing and mule riding We did not climb Mont Blanc. thought best to save that trip until was younger. From ChamouniX we | had another grand carriage ride of thir- | weight miles, taking eight and half hours over the F'ete-Noise pass to Mar I tiguy. Here we stayed over night and at 1O:5O a. m. took train for Visp Gan | Zermatt. From Visp to Zermatt is | twenty-seven miles, and this railroad | has only been running about two years and is most wonderful piece of en- gineering skill. It is what is known as the rack and pinion system and is said not to have it's equal. It starts from | Visp at an elevation of 2,100 feet and goes up to Zermatt, which is 5,315 feet high, taking two hours. Through this long gorge from Visp to Zermatt is the river yisp, which is formed and fed by | through this most romantic part of this picturesque valley, or gorge, sometimes ascending the dizzy slopes of the sides of the mountain or penetrating to the l bottom of gorges fianked by the rush. | ing foaming waves of the torrent, now and again crossing the precipices over bridges and through tunnels of surpris- ing construction.
 | Zermatt, little town of 525 popula- ton, is at once a meeting point for mountain climbers and climateric sta- | tior, of bepafintoj sol,,bri+u hotels of the first order and fitted with every modern improvement, electric | lights, etc., furnish the travellers with all comforts. Carriages, mules, horses and experienced guides are all to be found here in full force.
 There is no place amongst the Swiss Alps that hasmore attractions than that of Zermatt. It is here that the highes: summits of the Valaisan Alps rise. The IDome, the Mischabel Monte-Rosa
 Weisshorn, Lyskanu, Breithom and
 the Matterhorn, all giants, form at the head of the valley girdle of rocks and snow and ice of incomparable grandeur
 In the midst of this splendid circus Fer.
 matt is so situated that the tourist car
 in a few hours, either on foot or by
 mule, attain the central mountains o1
 glaciers which overlooks it. The Goer
 nergrat, 10,290 feet high, which I climb
 ed to the top of on foot, is point from
 which the eye can take in at single
 glance the grandest and most imposing views which nature, displays in tho Alps. A new hotel is now nearly com pleted on the very top, which is owned
 and managed by the Seller family, wht
 are owners and managers of eight of tn,
 best houses in and near Zermatt. Wher : was there they were full. left there
 July 26 after a weeks stay, regrettins
 the necessity of having to leave the en
 chanting spot, but had engaged room!
 at this hotel, so had to go.
 This is a genuine Swiss village in {
 lovely green valley $500 feet high, sur
 rounded by mountains. It is very coo
 here. Yesterday at S:30 a. m. the ther
 mometer stood at 52 and in the after
 noon there was shower, followed D!
 hail and on the mountains a good GOV
 ering of snow This hotel is the larges
 in the place, there being ten in all ant | all arc f111l