Chapter 13

DAYS IN SWITZERLAND.

The Lake of Lucerne.--Days of rest in the city.--An excursion up the Righi.--The crowd at the summit.-- Dinner at midnight.--Rising before "the early worm."--The "sun-rise" according to Murray.--Animated scarecrows.--Off for a tour through Switzerland.--The lake for the last time.--Grütlii.--William Tell's chapel.--Fluellen.--Altorf.--Swiss haymakers.--An hour at Amsteg.--The rocks close in.--The Devil's Bridge.-- The dangerous road.--"A carriage has gone over the precipice!"--Andermatt.--Desolate rocks.--Exquisite wild flowers.--The summit of the Furka.--A descent to the Rhone glacier.--Into the ice.--Swiss villages.-- Brieg.--The convent inn.--The bare little chapel on the hill.--To Martigny. 168