. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 2, 1897.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 477 SKETCHES BY A ROVING ny ALFRED WATKINS. Travellers who have visited Switzerland, either for the purpose of restoring health, or the more pleasurable occupation of viewing those wonderful sights which have made the Alpine region so famous, will have no difficulty in recalling to mind the great valley of the Rhone which runs through the heart of the Swiss Alpine district, and the little towns dotted along its course—close and oppressive as they always seem afcer the pure freshness and
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 2, 1897.] THE BEITISH BEE JOURNAL. 477 SKETCHES BY A ROVING ny ALFRED WATKINS. Travellers who have visited Switzerland, either for the purpose of restoring health, or the more pleasurable occupation of viewing those wonderful sights which have made the Alpine region so famous, will have no difficulty in recalling to mind the great valley of the Rhone which runs through the heart of the Swiss Alpine district, and the little towns dotted along its course—close and oppressive as they always seem afcer the pure freshness and clear snows of the Upper Alps—and how, on either side, branching valleys ascend towards the more lofty peaks, forming the roads by which the tourist travels on his way to his headquarters for climbing work. We had rested the night at the little town of Visp, and our day's walk was towards Zermatt, the headquarters of the Monte Rosa district. How vividly that tramp in the Visp Thai comes back to mind! The early start, long before six, in the cool morning ; the carriage road up the centre of the valley, among vineyards and chestnut groves; the glimpses now and then, in the distance, of the pack mules bearing, among other luggage, our knapsacks, sent on by post the night before; the little village of Stalden, clinging to a hill- side 80 steep, the saying goes, that " even the hens must be iron-shod to keep a footing in ; Then the more placid valley of St. Nicholas, not rich with vineyards and fruit trees, being on higher ground, but with groves of fir trees, stretching from the bare rocks above, down among the hayfields and bse pastures. How can we but think of the bees as we look at the feast around—myriads of, to us, unknown flowers, with clover among the bottom growth, and familiar wild thyme on the banks. We can realise that when this luxuriant growth is laid in swathes by the scythe and carried into the ch;llet-like hay- barns which make the valley so
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