The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-10-12

preliminary flaps of its immense wings
"crowed thrice" Indeed, so long, so per
sistently and so naturally has it crowet
that the one we heard was not the original
However, we saw the original with only 6
forlorn feather in each wing in the expo
sition then in progress in Strasburg.
THE BERNER ALPS.
The next day after leaving Strasburg
caught my first glimpse Of the Berner Alps.
We had taken the little steamer at Thun
to 90 across the Interlaken. The day was
! perfect The water OF the Thuner, SC
deeply, wonderfully blue in color, and
) when by slight turn of our little vessel
we came in full view Of the exquisitely
dainty Jungfrau sparkling and glistening
in the sunlight the picture seemed almost
too perfect. But had not become accus-
toned to the high scale nature assumes in
Switzerland, and when the next day we
went on to Lauterbrunnen and saw the
famous Staubbach about which Goethe has
written his beautiful poem, which one
appreciates much better after seeing this
veil-like falls, 1 could understand the Ger
man expression "Alpen Rausch, by which
they mean mountain beauty intoxication.
Passing Grunderwald with its two glaciers
reaching down toward the valley like two
huge, lazy giants left over from the old ice
period who creep slowly and steadily back
@, tl,n;r rntu To
Interlaken, and along the Thurer Sea, and
it was our plan to follow the river up to its
source at Kandersdeg. This we did by the
Post, which was quite an elegant and pic
tnresquc affair The body of the carriage
is oval, with the exception OF the flat top,
on which are piled an incredible number
of things In the front is n sort OF private
, apartment - cabrioet it is called and
| these two seats we were fortunate enough
| 10 secure. 1t was delightfully."- comfortable
. with immense windows, and overlooking
t three strong we'll kept and, it must be said,
} lazy horses. The driver was somewhere
: over our heads, and by numerous peculiar
e sounds pretended to urge the horses out Of
| n walk This, however, he never succeeded
in doing until we came to descend HILL
e and then the weight of the coach was il
t our favor. 1t was interesting to see thu
Y various little streams from the numerou:
4 divisions of the valley as they came hur
b rying down to do their part toward max
h ing the Kander the large river it is as i
= reaches the Thuner Sea. But as we ap
: preached nearer and nearer to its source i
. became smaller, the water compressed be
4 tween rocky walls making it at Handlers
n deg, where huge rocks offer every resist
# ance in their power violent roaring tor
# that there is only narrow foot path
e This we walked after n good dinner anC
z nap in the Kandersdeg hotel and aftel
n three-quarters Of an hour climbing, The
. spray dashing into our faces, the deafenne
a roar surrounding u.s. we came suddenly
y and unexpectedly to calm and tranquility
$ Here was the tiny source of the kandcn, !
=, shallow, sluggish, icy stream. 1t flows
4 through large meadow, where COW bells
o tnklc and children's voices are heard. II
5 seems strange to find those signs of habita'
ton in that little quiet meadow, accessible
only through the wild and rocky lath We
had climbed That night we slept in tho
hotel at the foot of the torrent, and the
next day started to walk by the Gemmi
Of .,,Dl..
nratng us from the next Canton We
started with our guide in II heavy fog, but
after climbing two hours we met people
who told us it was beautifully cleal
ahoTc," and so we soon found 1t.
There, was exhiltration with every
breath, and we walked on and on,
reaching the top about four and half
hours after starting. The top is about a
mile WIDE and resting in it formed by the
numerous little mountain streams, is a
beautiful mysterious lake, mysterious be-
cause no one has been able to find where
: the water flows out. 1t is so cold here
that the lake is frozen over seven months
of the year. This being the case it seemed
very strange to find many and various
flowers growing on its banks. We gath
cred some dark blue flowers, which grow
only in such high places.
DOWN INTO ALPINE STREET.
The view from here is superb all around
in the distance the different high groups OF
the Alps, and down the giddy depth Bath
Lcnk 1t seemed almost impossible to 60
down this nearly perpendicular wall where
however, one of the strangest Alpine streets
has been built. The way has been cut
through rocks. Numerous windings and
zig Tags resembling spiral stairway have
been made, and so the descent though tire
some, is not dangerous This little Bath
I.enk is remarkable for its baths, which,
fortunately, are unique Above one of the
sources Of the water house has been built
containing the bath and appliances of this
remarkable so-called cure. The pool
about yard and a quarter deep occupies
the area of large room. As the poor vic
tim has to stay in so long one sees floating
on the water, little tables, containing news