Following Hopkins in Switzerland pt. 2
113 ctd: (notes similar tower at Sembram
chier in valley of Dranse)
down valley of Dranse to Martigny
train to Vevey: noticed dancing
in salle a manger of Trois Couronnes
& moonlight on lake
steamer to Geneva; blue lake;
saw Catho, w. fine capitals &
abacuses, & moulding of arches
near door
train to Paris, thru rocky hills;
to Dieppe & Neubauen & Lond.
E 23-29, 100-103; JY 6-18, 1868:-
23: Basel by train fr. Rhine (fine view of
24: hills n. Mulheim; Brill: white & red town)
Basel at night enchanting:-
Bridge shaken by river, full mon on water
fountains of clear black water w. white bits
at bottom
Church w. very high front, next to 3 flam-
boyant windows-Elizabethstrasse?
Basel
Lucerne by train fr. Basel (t. Reuss green alps first view)
Münster visited
museum: Holbein’s noble Dead Christ
25: storks nests on church roofs Lucerne
Thornwallsen’s monument Lucerne
(OVER)
Küssnacht by steamer fr. Lucerne,
then walked across to Immensee,
& steamer over Lake Zug to Arth
(lake blue, purple)
Rigi: up fr. Arth; view of lake, Alps
to S – w. pinkish snow of far Bern Highlands,
26: Pilatus opposite. Down to Wäggis
Flüelen by steamer, back to Lucerne.
Three Lindens: walked to along lake, past
Hergiswyl.
Lungern: by char fr. Alpnach, past
lakes Sarnen & Lungern – w.
flat pass between them. Spraying
of fir & beech woods on mt. to left;
27: typical Swiss villages; best pro-
portional barn, on leaving Lucerne,
w. 2 openings & big lattices, prominent
roof hipped at one end.
Weelerhorn e. of Langern mt.: climbed part way till
too cloudy; bright mt. flowers;
waterfalls skeined & silky; goat flocks
28: Brünig pass (shining trees): seen afar;
29: mass at t. church. Walked thru pass
to Brienz; water of Staubback;
idyllic tea gardens of Brienz; by row
boat across to t. Giessabach falls.
Interlaken by steamer; walked up foamy Lüt-
schine Vally to Lauterbrunnen.