sirs trops vifs s'émoussent, ils perdent cette pointe aiguë qui les rend douloureux; ils ne laissent au fond du cœur qu'une émotion légère et douce; et c'est ainsi qu'un heureux climat fait servir à la félicité de l'homme les passions qui font d'ailleurs son tourment."

Such is the description of Rousseau, of which every man has, more or less, felt the truth; and it is, no doubt, to enjoy in platonic perfection such seraphic raptures, that a lady of Switzerland has fixed her residence on the summit of the Rigi during the summer; where she receives and entertains such pilgrim visitors as may be thought worthy to participate in them.

In descending, we took the road to Wegghis which is the shortest and the steepest. Here we embarked to cross the lake of Lucerne where we rejoined our carriage.

27th and 28th. The road from Lucerne to Bern, by way of Zofingen, passes through the most fertile and best cultivated part of Switzerland. The views are of a softer and richer character, and the landscape is constantly enlivened by herds of grazing cattle; a feature which is often wanting, especially in the Pays de Vaud; where the favourite system is to confine the cattle to the house.

In the neighbourhood of Lausanne, there is a large grazing farm, where no less than a hundred cows are thus kept in the confinement of the stall during the whole year. The advantages of this mode, in a farming point of view, seem to be considerable. The grass which supplies them with food during the summer, instead of being wastefully trodden under foot, and daintily picked, is regularly and fairly cut,-fat and lean together,and is thus made to go much further; while the vast quantity of manure which is accumulated from so large a stock is sufficient to support the pastures under the constant exhaustion of the scythe *.

The animals on the other hand give more milk than if they were at liberty; and are in much better condition, in the grazier's sense of the word; —that is, they are always ready for the butcher. The only objections to this mode arise out of considerations for the happiness of the animals themselves, to whom we are disposed to attribute human

* The Swiss are very attentive to the dressing of their pastures, and to the preservation of the means of doing so, particularly to the urinary part of manure, by far the richest and most valuable, of which they collect and treasure up every drop with scrupulous care.

feelings and sentiments, and to imagine that they derive the same pleasure from browsing freely in the sunshine of the meadow, or reposing in the protecting shade of the woodland surrounded by the beauties of nature, which we should ourselves feel if similarly situated.

But it may, I think, be fairly concluded that animals, though they may seem to participate with man to a certain extent in the faculty of reason, are utterly insensible to all the pleasures of taste and imagination. The beautiful has no charms for the brute creation; for even in the passion of sexual desire, where, if any where, it might be supposed to have some influence, we do not perceive that youth, beauty, and cleanliness, make a more forcible appeal to their feelings, than age, dirt, and deformity. And it may be doubted whether the tranquillity and protection from flies during the summer afforded by the stall be not sources of greater gratification to these animals, with whom

"To live well means nothing but to eat,"

than any which they could find in the enjoyment of liberty, or the contemplation of the landscape.

29th. After again exploring the beauties of

Bern, and its promenades, we retraced our steps

to Payerne.

30th. Returned to Lausanne ;-the more one sees of Switzerland, the more one is pleased with the country, and the less one is pleased with the inhabitants.

Point d'argent point de Suisse is a maxim of which every day's experience demonstrates the truth. Our bill last night was just twice as much as it was a fortnight ago at the same place; and our host was somewhat confused, when we produced his former account, in opposition to his charge. Swiss honesty is a phrase that is much used, and it may have some application-out of Switzerland; but it is an article that seems to be cultivated solely for exportation, and none is retained for home consumption.

September 6th. Packing up. Farewell visits. Last drive round the environs of Lausanne, which are studded with pretty villas; amongst which La Chabliere is conspicuously beautiful,-the residence of Mr. Canning, the British Minister, whose courteous and hospitable attentions will not be forgotten by any of his countrymen who have resided at Lausanne.

CHAPTER XII.

Departure from Lausanne-Geneva-Ferney-ChamouniMont Blanc-Mer de Glace-Aix-Chamberry-LyonsJourney to Montpellier--Scenery of the Rhone-Hannibal's Passage-Revolutionary Horrors-Nismes.

September 8th. LEFT Lausanne in a voiturier's carriage, consuming eight hours in the journey to Geneva. There is a metropolitan appearance about Geneva; and it would seem that the people had acquired a taste for military foppery during their long connexion with France.

The town is fortified;-and there is as much pomp and circumstance in the examination of your passport at the gate as if you were entering the capital of a military despot. In the lower and trading part of the town, the houses, which are very high, have arcades of wood supported by pillars carried up to the roofs, something after the manner of Chester. The upper part of the city, which is built on a gentle ascent, is clean and handsome; the houses are of fine stone; and the views from the public walks towards the lake and neighbouring mountains are magnificent. The