MY FIRST VISIT TO THE EXGADINE. 13 



stirrino;, and T saw two chars turnino; down a small road 

 which I calculated must be that leading to the Roseg glacier. 



Having made no Entomological appointment for that day 

 I thought we could not do better than pay a visit to the 

 Roseg glacier; as I saw it from our bedroom window it 

 looked so temptingly close and so much cleaner and brighter 

 than the Morteratsch glacier that I thought it would well 

 repay a visit. 



At breakfast we that morning tasted the honey. Swiss 

 honey may be very good at Zurich, Lucerne, &c., but Pon- 

 tresina honey is something very different, and as much 

 superior to ordinary Swiss honey as champagne is to vin 

 ordinaire. We never afterwards omitted to eat the honey 

 regularly whilst we remained at Pontresina. 



On inquiry as to the distance we were from the Roseg 

 glacier and the time it would take us to reach it, I found 

 that, deceived by the clearness of the atmosphere, it was much 

 further oft than it looked ; still, as I understood we could 

 drive nearly to the foot of the glacier, we set off and jolted 

 along in the springless char up the rough road in the valley : 

 we crossed the stream and kept for some time along the 

 north side of the valley, where we soon found that the sun 

 was very warm, notwithstanding the cool thin air and the 

 frost of the early morning ; presently we passed Professor 

 Hering and Herr Schmidt, who, net in hand, were working 

 their way up the valley. After a time the road crossed over 

 to the southern side of the valley, and kept closer to the edge 

 of the stream, which we found much more pleasant and 

 cooler. We drove past whole fields of Rhododendrons and 

 again we crossed the stream, soon after which we reached 

 the point beyond which we must proceed on foot. 



We therefore left the char, and, taking our provisions with 

 us to be consumed at the foot of the glacier, we proceeded 

 along the little footpath faintly marked along the northern 



