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One

of the Party sets off for the Righi. Road from

Arth to Lucerne. Approach to Lucerne..

Swan Hotel.-The Hofbrücke. - St. Leodegar.

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Antiquated

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Old Tower. - Feudal Walls.

Bridges.- River Reuss.— Mill Bridge.-Dance

of Death. Ancient Fortifications. — Old

Houses. - The Fountains: one most curious.—

Nobles of Lucerne. Crusaders. - The Inn.

-Travellers sketched.- Continental Windows:

how fastened. — Bells. — Beds and Domestics.

-English Company: of what Class and Kind.

- Travelled Coxcombs. Return of the Tra-

veller from the Righi. The Guide.

to Church

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LETTER XIV.

The Guide of Arth: a Farewell to him. Hof-

People of the Cantons. Their Cos-

brücke.

tume and Appearance.

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St. Leodegar.-Gothic

Sculptured Groups: their religious purposes.-

Antiquity of the Cathedral.-Service. - Moun-

tains and Lake. Return. Dinner. - Even-

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ing Ramble. Heights. - Watch Towers.-

Town in the Middle Ages.

The Swiss as a

People.Their Country and Character. — Vin-

dicated as Soldiers from a Charge often made

against them. — Swiss Guard; Monument to

them. The Guardian of the Memorial.-The

Monument described. Its moral Grandeur.-

Chapelle Expiatoire

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LETTER XV.

Lake of Lucerne. William Tell. - Count Ro-

dolph of Habsbourg: made Emperor. Swiss

Confederacy. Adolphus of Nassau.

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Wars.

- Adolphus killed. Disputes continued.

Albert's Spirit of Revenge, how exercised.

Count Beringuer de Laudenberg. Herman

Gessler. Unterwalden. - Arnold de Melch-

thal. - Werner Stauffacher. His Wife. -

Walter Fürst. Midnight Meetings. The

Grutli. The Confederates, November the 17th,

1307. The Oath.-Herman Gessler. - The

Test. William Tell. His Son. His ex-

traordinary Story. - Bay of Uri. — Tell's Ad-

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Excursion on the Lake of Lucerne.. The Steamer.

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Company on board. - Lake of the four Fo-

rest Cantons. Promontory.- Meggenhorn.-

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Bay of Küssnacht.

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Pilatus.

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Island.

Sublimity of the Scene: its Characteristics.

Gulf of Buocks.· The Bouchser and Stanzer-

horn. Gersau: its Independence. The

Mitres. - Town of Schwytz. - Bay of Uri :

its magnificent Features. Effects of Snow,

Sun, and Shadow on the Mountains. - The

Wytenstein. Village Churches: their lofty

Site. The Grutli. Miraculous Springs.

Landslip its Appearance.-The Frohnalpstock.

- Interesting Anecdote of an Infant. — Heights

of Arehsenburg.—Tell's Rock.—Tell's Chapel.

End of the Bay of Uri.-Mountains.-Road

to Mont St. Gothard.- Fluellen.-Old Château.

The Prisenstock. Uri.-Rathstock Moun-

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tains.

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Return to Lucerne

LETTER XVII.

Early Morning. - Angry Aspect of Pilatus. —

Adieu to Lucerne.

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The Bramegg.

-Thunder

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Storm among the Mountains.

- Entlebuch.

The Valley of the Emme. - Arrival at Escholy

matt.

- Early Rising.

- Sight of the Church and Church-yard. - Women garlanding the Graves. Garlands for the Dead: their Origin

-Good-looking Peasantry.-Bernese Costume.
Great Change in the Houses.

Their Peculiarities. External Galleries. Gardens. Orchard Roads. —Approach to Thun. — Beautiful ancient Castle. - Church. Old Houses. Bridge. River Aar. Mountains. The Neisen. The Blomlis Alps. - Belle Vue Inn.

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Height.

Host of the Belle Vue; his Attention his Cha-
racter. Table d'Hôte.-Music. - Company.
-An Evening Scene.-Summit of the Heights.
A Mud Bath. A Disaster.

A Pavilion.
-Sunset among the Mountains.

Reflections on the Scene

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LETTER XIX.

Melody on the Lake. - Oberland Tour. Lake of Thun: its Characteristics. - The Neisen. —

The Spietz. The Eigher. The Mönch. -—

The Jungfrau.

The Finster. Aarhorn.

The Promontory. - Painters of sublime Scenery.

-The Old Masters and the Moderns. Tur-

ner, Callcott, and Stanfield. - Brilliant Colour

of Mountainous Scenes. Newhaus. Land-

ing. Services of One of the Trio. - Swiss

Currency. Oberland Tour. - Swiss Village,

that of Unterseen, unique. Peasantry. -

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Dresses. Chain of Alps: their Appearance.

Women. Interlarchen. Road to Lauter-

brunnen.- Plain. - Valley. Rocks.- Moun-

tains. . Pines. - Cliffs. . Wild and sublime

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Scenery. Ruined Castle. — Byron's "Man-

fred." Romantic Story: Rudolph and Ina.

- Ancient Games revived. -

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Feelings of old

Affections. Rapid River. Old Trees.

The Wylderschwyl. Narrow Gorge or Pass.

-Entrance to Valley of Lauterbrunnen.

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Approach to the Jungfrau.

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Its

grand Character. Deep Solitude. - Awe-in-

spiring Precipices. - The Evil Stone. - Tale

of Terror. The Torrent. — The White Luts-

chine.
Won-

derful Effect of Light and Shadow. Lauter-

brunnen.-Châlets.-Goats.-Little Streams.-

Village. Swiss Beggars. Singing. — Goitre.

The Staubbach. Scenery around it.

The Writer's Nephew sets off for the Wengern

Alp

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LETTER XX.

The little Alpine Eleanor. - The White and Black

Lutschine. Combinations of Mountains.

Road to Grindelwald. Rock.

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Precipice and