Switzerland in 1854-5

Chapter I

Introduction — Blunders of travellers— No plans or knowledge of the country — Some ill-assorted — Various methods of travelling — Railways, posts, diligences, and voitures . . Page 1

Chapter II. France And Canton Neuchatel

A glance at France — Its soldiers — Hard labour of the women in field and other work — Napoleon the Third and his government — Versailles, Fontainbleau, Pontarlier — The La Cluse Pass to Neuchatel 18

Chapter III. Canton Zurich

The Alhis and its road — The water-cure at Albis — The Brunnen — A place for retirement — Some of the pranks of the water doctors — Splendid scenery — Distant view of the snowy Alps — Zuingle's grave — Graveyards and monuments . . .34

The great Sheidach Pass — The course of the clouds up the mountains — Optical delusions — An adventurous lady — The glacier of Rosenlaui— Meyringen — The customs of the inhabitants 91

Chapter VIII. Cantons Berne And Vaud

Means of providing for cows — Summer feeding on the moun tains — Employment of herdsmen and dairymen — Cows and their bells — Process of making butter and cheese — Other customs pe culiar tot he Alpine Vacher . . . . .108

Chapter IX. Canton Bekne

The Faulhorn — Ascent of the "Wetterhorn — An auberge in high regions — Carrying the inn to the mountains — Grand panorama — Appearance of the ice — Character and usefulness of guides ......... 130

Chapter X. Cantons Vallais And Berne

The last ascent of the Jung Frau — The manner of approaching it— The Aletsch glacier — Further progress of the travellers — The terraces — Crossing crevasses with ladders — Fearful position on the last ridge — Crowning the summit — The descent . .144

Alpine forests — The Fir — Its growth, cutting, and means of transport — Self-acting sawing machines — Chalets — Covered wooden bridges Page 200

Chapter XIV. Cantons Geneva And Vallais

The lake of Geneva — Vevay — Villeneuve — Scenes on the lake — Climate favourable for invalids — St. Maurice — Martigny — The Drance — Col de Forclaz — Col de Balme — Chamounix — The Mer de Glace 214

From Zurich to Schwytz — Richtenschw3'l — Accident — Voi turiers and rickety carriages — Einsiedeln — Its church, monas tery, and pilgrims — Lake Egeri and battlefield of Morgarten — Schwytz . . .354

Chapter XXIV. Cantons Schwvtz, Lucerne, And Unterwalden

From Schwytz to Brienz — Goldau — The Fall of the Rossburg — The Righi — A storm — Lake Lucerne — Field of Grutli — 'fell's chapel — Untenvalden and lakes Sarnen and Lungern — The Brnnig Pass — Brienz and its lake ...... 372

Chapter XXV. Cantons Fretbttbg, Berne, And Basle

From Thun to Basle — Thun — Freyburg and its bridge — The Jesuits — Berne : its civil and religious institutions — The church of Vaud — The Munsterthal, Basle, Manheim, Mayenee, and the Rhine — Brussels — England .391