The Table book; . The dress is a light sort of smock-frock,with a leather belt round the waist, a strawhat, a knapsack on the back, and a smallbottle, covered with leather, to carry spirits,fastened round the neck by a leather strapThe long pole is for climbing up the moun-tains, and jumping over the ice From Berne I arrived at Thun. The finelake of Thun is surrounded by mountainsof various forms, and I proceeded along itto this place. I have been on the lake ofBrientys and to Lauterbrunnen, wherethere is the celebrated waterfall, called the Stubach; it falls about 800 feet; therocks about it
The Table book; . The dress is a light sort of smock-frock,with a leather belt round the waist, a strawhat, a knapsack on the back, and a smallbottle, covered with leather, to carry spirits,fastened round the neck by a leather strapThe long pole is for climbing up the moun-tains, and jumping over the ice From Berne I arrived at Thun. The finelake of Thun is surrounded by mountainsof various forms, and I proceeded along itto this place. I have been on the lake ofBrientys and to Lauterbrunnen, wherethere is the celebrated waterfall, called the Stubach; it falls about 800 feet; therocks about it are exceedingly romantic,and close to it are the snowy mountains,among which I should particularize thecelebrated Yung frow, which has neverbeen ascended. Inteiiaken is surrounded by mountains, 1 214 THE TABLE BOOK. md its scenery for sketches delicious. It;s a vilhige, built nearly all of wood ; the houses are the prettiest things 1 ever sa^thev are in this wa,Y,. but much more btautiful than I can showin a small sketch. They are delicatelyclean, and mostly have fine vines andplenty of grapes about them. The stoneson the roof are to keep the wood frombeing blown off. Then the people dressso well, and all look so happy, that it is apleasure to be among them. I cannot un-derstand a word they say, and yet they areall civil and obliging. If any childienhappen to see me drawing out of doors,they always run to fetch a chair for meThe women are dressed in this manner.
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