formation. As the governments of the
different cantons are afraid of offending
their powerfid neighbours, the editors avoid
any comments on passing events. Even
the Genevese are content with publishing
twice a week, a single sheet of advertisements
called Feuille d ’’ Avis, without any
political news whatever.
I have omitted to mention the ruins of
the castle of Uns'pounnen, near Interlaken :
th e ground round it was recently purchased
by the widow of General Moreau, who
intended to have pulled down the ruins,
and to build a mansion in the p la c e ; but
she was told by the Bernese government,
that the castle was regarded as a part of
the country itself, being connected with its
history, and they would not suffer it to be
demolished. This castle will become interesting
to the admirers of Lord Byron’s
poetry, for it must, I conceive, be the
imaginary residence of Manfred, placed in
view of the Jungfrau ; and the “ Spirit o f
the Mist" was doubtless seen by the poet,
iiuttering within the iris formed by the
spray of the Staubach, in the neighbouring
valley of Lauterbrun. The weather was
cold and unfavourable when we recrossed
the Lake of Thoun on our return to Berne.
CHAP. VI.
B E R N E TO F R I B O U R G . S U P E R S T IT IO N O F T H E
F R IB O U R G E R S . ----- F R IB O U R G TO V E V E Y A N D
B E X . M E D IC A L E F F E C T S O F A G R A P E D I E T .
T H E V A L L A IS , O R U P P E R V A L L E Y O F T H E
R H O N E . G E N E R A L V IEW OF IT S P H Y S IC A L
G E O G R A P H Y . D A N G E R S TO W H IC H T H E IN H A B
IT A N T S A R E E X P O S E D . ----- EM IG R A T IO N S . -------
ZOOLOGY A N D R A R E M IN E R A L S . R E L IG IO N .
a n c i e n t C U S T O M S . C O N S T IT U T IO N OF T H E
C A N T O N . S IO N . ----- B A T H S OF L E U K . B R IE G .
b a t h s o f N A T E R S . T H E S EM P L O N R O U T E .
— D E S C E N T IN T O I T A L Y . L A G G O MA G G O R E .
D I F F E R E N C E B E TW E E N T H E SO U T H E R N A N D
N O R T H E R N S ID E OF T H E C E N T R A L R A N G E OF
T H E A L P S . ----- R E T U R N T H R O U G H SAVOY. -----
E V I A N . T H O N O N . — R I P A I L L E .
W e left Berne at ten in the morning, and
arrived at Fribourg, the capital of the
canton of that name at two. One by one,
the great giants of the northern range of
the Alps disappeared from our view, and
last of all the Jungfrau, as we entered a
more level country, with hills o f moderate
elevation, composed of sandstone and conglomerate.
W^e had passed through the
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