20 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



The third is still inhabited, and commands 

 a magnificent view. In the evening we re- 

 turned to Heidelberg by moonlight. 



Another day we started for what is here 

 called " The Mountain," though it is at most 

 no higher than Le Suchet. As the needful 

 supplies are not to be obtained there, we took 

 our provisions with us. We had so much fun 

 out of this, that I must tell you all about it. 



In the morning Z bought at the market 



veal, liver, and bacon enough to serve for 

 three persons during two days. To these sup- 

 plies we added salt, pepper, butter, onions, 

 bread, and some jugs of beer. One of us 

 took two saucepans for cooking, and some 

 alcohol. Arrived at the summit of our moun- 

 tain, we looked out for a convenient spot, 

 and there we cooked our dinner. It did not 

 take long, nor can I say whether ah* was done 

 according to the rules of art. But this I 

 know, that never did a meal seem to me 

 better. We wandered over the mountain for 

 the rest of the day, and at evening came to a 

 house where we prepared our supper after the 

 same fashion, to the great astonishment of 

 the assembled household, and especially of an 

 old woman who regretted the death of her 

 husband, because she said it would certainly 



