Argument

Happiness (if she had been to be found on earth) amongst the Charms of Nature--Pleasures of the pedestrian Traveller--Author crosses France to the Alps--Present state of the Grande Chartreuse--Lake of Como--Time, Sunset--Same Scene, Twilight---Same Scene, Morning; its Voluptuous Character; Old Man and Forest Cottage Music--River Tusa--Via Mala and Grison Gypsey--Sckellenen-thal--Lake of Uri--Stormy Sunset--Chapel of William Tell--force of Local Emotion--Chamois Chaser--View of the higher Alps--Manner of Life of a Swiss Mountaineer interspersed with views of the higher Alps--Golden Age of the Alps--Life and Views continued--Ranz des Vaches famous Swiss Air--Abbey of Einsiedlen and its Pilgrims--Valley of Chamouny--Mont Blanc--Slavery of Savoy--Influence of Liberty on Cottage-Happiness--France--Wish for the extirpation of Slavery--Conclusion.


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