. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fel). 11, 1915.] THE BRITISh BEE JOURNAL. 45 tain's summit. Thus far says the manu- script. It were a pity to spoil the tale, hut more probably the name originated from the head ever crowned with mist, and the Romans called it Pileatus, i.^., covered, as with a cap. It is a glorious day of August. The sun and the ,blue sky drive away the gloom of the hills. The leaves are just past their summer and are beginning to change from green to grey. The little towns are gay with flags and hotel adver- tisements, for it is on the gold of the touris
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fel). 11, 1915.] THE BRITISh BEE JOURNAL. 45 tain's summit. Thus far says the manu- script. It were a pity to spoil the tale, hut more probably the name originated from the head ever crowned with mist, and the Romans called it Pileatus, i.^., covered, as with a cap. It is a glorious day of August. The sun and the ,blue sky drive away the gloom of the hills. The leaves are just past their summer and are beginning to change from green to grey. The little towns are gay with flags and hotel adver- tisements, for it is on the gold of the tourist that they exist. At each and every landing-stage our boat stops—again that commonplace idea of the Margate steamer distresses one—we wind and thread our way for a two and a half hours' journey. Half-way, high on a rocky cliff, bold against the sky, is a gigantic figure of the " ; Really one begins to feel there is something of truth in the legend, for beneath, is the water deep, almost blue to black, show- ing the immense depth wherein the suicide cast himself. Another promontory turned, and we have Lucerne town in front of us, nestling under the shelter of its hills. Lucerne—the city of history. Fought for, sacked, and conquered by repeated enemies. In the hands of Germans and Austrians, French and Englisli. An univer- sity town, a homo of music, painting, and sculpture. Oh! it was too bad. Again that imperative time prevented our stay. Just a glance at one or two of the master- pieces, its bridges, Kapellbrucke with tlie history of Switzerland, and Miicklen- brucke with its " Dance of Death," and that miracle of sculpture, Thorwalsdon's dying lion. It tells how 26 officers and 760' men, the famous Swiss Guard at the Tiiilleries in 1792, died sooner than break their promise. Just ti me to race around to these and to bo off again; just enough seen tO' make a longing to return.—J. SM-^ The Editors do not hold themselves responsible
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