the peel were taken off the walnuts, the oil
would probably be quite free from any peculiar
flavour ; but this operation would be
too tedious.
During our stay at Duing, Madame Zol-
likoffer, the mother of Madame R , who
resided in separate apartments in the chateau,
died after a long illness ; and as she
was a protestant, her funeral afforded us
an opportunity of ascertaining the degree
of religious toleration now subsisting in
Savoy. When Savoy was united to France,
Mr. B., who is a catholic, had no difficulty
in obtaining permission to part off a small
portion of the church-yard for the interment
of his wife’s grandmother, who died
at Duing about that time. It was inclosed
by a low wall, which was not removed
when Savoy recovered its independence;
and as Mr. B. is the principal proprietor in
the parish, he is still suffered to retain
possession of this small cemetery for the
interment of the female members of his
family. It was here that Mrs. Z. was to
be buried. The day before the funeral,
we understood that it was to take place
early the following morning ; but when we
assembled at breakfast, we were all surprised
to learn that the corpse had been interred
in the middle of the night, though
none of the numerous visitors in the chateau
had heard the slightest noise when
the coffin was removed. — Fxcepting the
Vaudois in the valleys of Piedmont, who
enjoy a very restricted toleration, protestants
are not tolerated in the Sardinian dominions,
and the secrecy with which the
funeral was conducted at Duing, arose from
the fear of unpleasant feelings being excited
by the burial of a heretic within the precincts
of consecrated ground.
I believe there is not a protestant place
of worship in all Savoy. During the wars
between the Bernese and the Dukes of Savoy
at the beginning of the Beformation,
the government thought it politic to expel
the protestants from the Diitchy, and they
have never since been tolerated ; but their
expulsion was conducted with more leniency
and good sense than might be expected,
considering the character of the age.
The district of Chablais was conquered
from Savoy by the Bernese in 1536, and
was converted to Calvinism partly by main
force, the Bernese taking away all the bells
of their churches, and prohibiting the exJ
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