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of the landslip may be distinctly traced on the side of the 
Rosberg, which is still entirely bare. The highest peak of the 
Rosberg is 5190 feet, and the scenery at this railway station 
baffles description for its variety and beauty. 
After breakfasting at the station, we joined the mountain 
railway, the gradient of which is on an average I in 5, and 
at the rate of 4 or 5 miles an hour we were taken through most 
marvellous scenery till we reached the summit of the Rigi. 
Unfortunately, when we got to the summit we were enveloped in 
a cloud of white mist, so that little could be seen from the top, 
except mere glimpses as the wind opened the mist for a second 
or two, and thus enabled us to see how much we had lost by 
not being able to feast our eyes longer on the scene. On the 
summit there are several fine hotels, and a brisk trade was 
being done in picture postcards from quite a street of little 
tent-like stands which had been erected there. The mountain 
affords fine rich grazing, and carries a stock of four thousand 
cattle. They are all fawn-coloured, and it was very interesting 
to see them from the railway along the route, in small herds, 
the more sedate ones wearing bells. 
By the railway on the opposite side of the mountain, which is 
also a rack and pinion line, and has even a steeper gradient 
than that by which we ascended, being 1 in 4, we descended 
to Vitznau. From Vitznau we embarked on the steamer and 
sailed down the lake to Lucerne, and had an opportunity of 
seeing with great clearness the mountain peaks which we missed 
on the summit, and the beautiful waterfalls at many places 
along the shores of the lake. We spent the evening at 
Lucerne in seeing the many interesting sights in the city, and 
we saw the mountain peaks in the light of the setting sun to 
great advantage. We had also the pleasure of a walk over 
the medizval bridges which cross the Reuss at Lucerne, with 
the interesting scenes painted upon them in the eighteenth 
century. From Lucerne we trained to within a few miles of 
Sihlwald, and arrived at our pension at midnight, having spent 
a most interesting day. 
On 15th June I again visited the saw-mills, and I was much 
struck to see the railway alongside the saw-mill, and only 
2 to 5 yards from it in some places, laid with iron or metal 
sleepers, which showed how valuable the wood must be which 
was being prepared on the spot. I also saw the stables. They 
