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O’ER MOUNTAIN, LAKE AND LAGOON. 
(ILLUSTRATED BY THE LANTERN.) 
By JAMES SHAW, Manchester. January 9th, 1906, 
Mr. Shaw illustrated his lecture with a series of exceptionally 
good slides, and spoke for nearly an hour anda half on his holiday 
trip with the camera to Lucerne, Venice, and the Lake of 
Como. The lecture proved most interesting and instructive, 
containing many useful hints to the tourist. While taking a 
snap-shot of the exhilerating exercise of “‘ glissading’”’ on 
Mount Pilatus, at Lucerne, he slipped and fell, and was carried 
along at the rate of about fifteen miles an hour, until he 
eventually struck a rock, fortunately with his arm and not 
with his head. All the time he maintained his hold on the 
Camera, which was somewhat damaged. He exhibited some 
striking views of Andermatt (5,000 feet above sea level), but 
in crossing the fortifications, he took care not to use the 
camera, as he was very closely watched by the soldiers. He 
went on to Venice by the St. Gothard Pass and Milan. Of 
Venice he had a large variety of remarkably fine views, in- 
cluding St. Mark’s exterior and interior, the Campanile—it had 
not then fallen—Ruskin’s corner, and the Grand Canal, with 
its graceful gondolas. The best way to see Venice was, he 
said, to charter a gondola for the week. The gondoliers were the 
best guides they could have. They were splendid fellows, 
proud of their calling, and devoted to their patron for the time 
being. Many of them speak a little English. Even a wet day 
- in Venice was not without its charm, for the wet pavement 
reflected exquisitely the sunlit buildings. They should 
always sally forth during or immediately after a shower, as 
the pavement dried in a very short time. He could not show 
the gorgeous colours he saw, and doubted if they could be 
re-produced even on canvas. While he was in the interior of 
St. Mark’s, taking photographs of the fine pulpit, there were 43 
painters, sketchers, and photographers at work on the same 
pulpit. St. Mark’s was the coolest place in the city, so that 
it was a good plan to spend the afternoon there. The brilliant 
colour of the Venetian boats, too, formed a great attraction to 
the artists, The Rialto was still the busy Exchange, as when 
