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We descended much faster into the canton of Uri than we 

 came up from tlie Tessin, and we are soon down the steepest 

 part of the mountains, and again shut in, as all the day before, 

 by lofty ranges on either side, with the ever swelling, foaming 

 torrent of the Reuss as our companion. An hour before sunset 

 brought us to Altdorf, and the birthplace of Tell, and of Swiss 

 liberty. Here we stopped for the night to visit the spot where 

 the hero lived, which is marked by a little chapel. The spot 

 where tradition says he shot the apple from his son's head is 

 just before our window, marked by an ancient fountain. • Innu- 

 merable spots are consecrated to the memory of this dauntless 

 man. As we cross the lake of the four cantons the next day, 

 starting from Fluellen, we pass the rock on which Tell escaped 

 the tyrant Gessler, in a storm ; the field of Griitli, on the other 

 side of the lake, and many other interesting localities. 



This lake of Lucerne is perhaps the most remarkable and 

 pleasing of all the Swiss lakes. The scenery on its borders is 

 surpassingly grand and beautiful, and the pretty town of 

 Lucerne at its end is worthy of a long visit. 



But I was bound for St. Gallen, and Mr. Fogg was to return 

 from here to Berne ; and so, parting with regret, after a week's 

 excursion among the dear Alps and their lovely valleys, I now 

 take leave of Switzerland, where I enjoyed so many hours ; I 

 am only sorry that my limits do not allow me to dwell longer 

 upon it. • 



After leaving Switzerland, for the second- time my course 

 was across the southern end of Lake Constance for Lindau, on 

 my way to Augsburg. At Lindau the traveller is in Bavaria. 

 The mountains of the Tyrol are in sight at the south. The 

 town is small, but very prettily situated on the lake. Tiie 

 country on the way to Augsburg is not particularly interesting, 

 either in an agricultural or a picturesque point of view, being 

 rather flat, and much of it not remarkable for its cultivation. 



The taste in the cultivation of flowers about the railway 

 stations is worthy of remark here, as it is in otiier parts of 

 Germany and France. The greatest luxuriance of dahlias, 

 German astors, and other autumn flowers, greets the eye at 

 every stopping place. This of course adds a charm to the land- 

 scape for the passing traveller, and I do not see why it could 

 not be adopted to a far greater extent than it is with us. 



