Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts . gious service performed withinit, A few miles farther on is Fluelen, the port of the canton ofUri; and here the lake terminates. Altorf, where Tell shot theapple, is a few miles distant, up the vale of the Reuss. Passing southwards from Lucerne, the tourist generally visitsa region of lofty mountains, called the Bernese Alps—alj) beinga word sigTiifying a height. The principal of these alps are theWetterhorn, the Schreckhorn, the Finisterarhorn, the Eiger, theMoench, and the Jungfrau, We present in next page a sketch ofthese snow-clad m
Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts . gious service performed withinit, A few miles farther on is Fluelen, the port of the canton ofUri; and here the lake terminates. Altorf, where Tell shot theapple, is a few miles distant, up the vale of the Reuss. Passing southwards from Lucerne, the tourist generally visitsa region of lofty mountains, called the Bernese Alps—alj) beinga word sigTiifying a height. The principal of these alps are theWetterhorn, the Schreckhorn, the Finisterarhorn, the Eiger, theMoench, and the Jungfrau, We present in next page a sketch ofthese snow-clad mountains, as seen at a distance of thirty toforty miles. The loftiest is the Jungfrau, which rises to a heightof 12,000 feet. They are covered summer and winter with snowand ice, and have a dazzling white appearance on the horizon. 29 •WILLIAM TELL AND SWITZERLAND. Having visited these interesting mountains, the travellerusually proceeds on his journey southwards till he reaches theValaiS; a long* and romantic glen, stretching- in an easterly direc-. tion from Lake Leman, ©or Lake of Geneva, as it is sometimescalled. This secluded valley is noted for the number of old andyoung persons called Cretins. These are a species o-f idiots, poor,miserable in appearance, and generally unable to attend to theirown wants. Cretins occur in families in many parts of Switzer-land, but most frequently in low and damp sitmations, and incottages where there is a want of ventilation and cleanliness. Inthis and other parts of Switzerland are likewise seen individualsafflicted with swellings in the front of the neck, termed have more frequently goitres than males; and the causeof this singular swelling has never been correctly ascertained. Through the lower part of the Valais flows the Rhone, here asmall river, which afterwards expands, and forms the largeand beautiful sheet of water, Lake Leman. This lake, whichis from fifty to sixty miles in length, by from two to six or seve
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