# Swiss allmends, and a walk to see them

Author: Zincke, F. Barham (Foster Barham), 1817-1893

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71246

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Swiss+allmends%2C+and+a+walk+to+see+them+Zincke&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

On the afternoon of July 30 I found myself at Bretzwyl, a village some twenty miles to the south of Bâle, far from any tourist-beaten track. I had gone there to see M. Heusler, _Professeur de Droit_ in the University of Bâle, and author of a valuable work on the commonable lands of the Canton of Unterwalden. He was then taking his _villegiatura_ at this pleasant and primitive retreat in, as it would appear to English eyes, a farm-house of the ruder sort, though it was in reality the mansion of one of the chief proprietors of the neighbourhood. It was distant about a mile from the village, and known by the name of Sonnen Halle. It was a large, long, rectangular structure. At the end of the...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/6/index.md)
- [did. Its assumption of Infallibility obliges it to hold that everything](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/swiss-allmends-and-a-walk-to-see-them-71246/chapters/3/index.md)