-574 S W I S S E R - L A N D .
Cities and
Towns.
Bafel. ,
. T h e important fuhje<!&. o f educaticio..has;.been lit^lp iUuftr^ted b y ,th e
travellers, into SwiffeiiaadiJ btttjasf; th ey te ftify ^ th e jr; fijrp riç e . at the
J^g.owledge generally prevalent among the peafantry, th e re is reafpp tp
infer ,tha|; this ufeful'pro yince is, pop pqglçétecj • T h e re M i ^ f f t t y
o f “Lome reputation, at Geneva, and ahqther at Bafel; -•with colleges at
Bern, Zurich, and Lucerne.
Ih "enumerating the. chief cities and. tow n s, of.,Swifferland, according
to the comparative ftandard o f population, Bafel will engàgé.tlie. firft
attention, being fiippofed to 'Contain ■ 'iTw a 'T o u ls. ^ JTliis ‘velïerâble
city hands in a plealant fituation, upon the bahks o f fh é Khifiqlh&fe
broad, deep, and rapid, and fuddfenfyTuroiri^ to 'its lb'ffg nbrfhern
eourfe, after a . previous weftetir diteétibâ^fe5. Bafël crüwm botlî-’Hàtik?,
and is united by. a bridge. In the middle ■a^a^ihis: tiity 'w a s '’parfieH
Bafulâ; add appears in hiftory- fobn.' after" the age* of-Cim Jerha^he,
having fucceeded" Augft, o r thé Augufta"Raurabofuih. Tbfl^âffîedVal
' is an ancient G othic edifice; .and travellers have remarked a'fingu-la-rify.
th a t all the clocks a r e ‘ one h o u r,to o .fall, originally hafterféd, ^ ots'%
faid, to defeat a confpiracy. T h e cathedral contains tfie tbrflb'fsT tlfê
great Erafm u s; and th e ju n iv e rfity h a s
Bern muft claim the n e x t rank to Bafel,-pofieffing a population- df
about 13,000.* T h is city is o f fin g u lar.n e atn elk an d h e au ty ^ 'rte 'ftre e ts
beingJbroad and long, and the houfes o f g r e j' ftone,nefting<0'n tarcades:
T h e re are feveral Ereams and fountains ; and. th e river AWAafinoft '
furrounds th e city. T h e adjacent country is rich and, fertile ; and the
profpeét o f hills, lawns, wood, and water is bounded at a di Ranee by
the long chain o f the fuperior Alps, rifing like fnowy clouds above the
Horizon.' Bern contains feveral libraries,: and coilediojis o f natural
curiofities.
Zurich is the third in ran k among the Swifs cities, fituated à
large lake, amid ft a populous and fertile country, which produces
abundance of wine for domeftic confumplion. The.college and.plans o f
education are relpedtable -, and the public library contains fome cüri'ous
jnanuferipts.
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•Laufanne
Bern.
Zurich.
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