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very suddenly. I forbear to fill up this paper with the detail 

 of many atmospheric phaenomena observed here, as they have 

 been so accurately described by Sassure in his Voyages dcs 

 Alpes. 



30th. Fine morning, but the mountains were cloudcapped. 

 Violent Storms returned, and at night at Vevay a soaking 

 Rain came on. 



31st. Proceeded from Vevai to Moudon and Payerne, 

 through a pleasant subalpine country. At this place the 

 costume and the manners of the Paysannes begin to change. 



AUG. 1st. The costume of the Canton of Tribourg was 

 conspicuous in the market place of Payerne early this morning. 

 At breakfast I met with a Swiss gentleman who had been 

 cured of the goitre by the application of Iodine. We proceeded 

 to Morat on the Lake, a very old town under arcades and 

 surrounded by a high wall and towers, whose lofty roofs were 

 yet standing. I noticed that some Apples on a tree near one 

 of the gates were nearly ripe. We arrived at Berne to dinner, 

 and were struck with the neatness and magnificence of the 

 town, in which are many beautiful fountains, and the Alpine 

 views from the walls are extremely grand. By the road side 

 I gathered seeds of various syngenecious plants, particularly 

 Apargias and Leontodons, but all were likewise common 

 plants in England and France ; and I found but few Alpine 

 novelties in Swizzerland. 



2d. We proceeded to Thun, on the Lake of the same 

 name: it is a romantic and beautiful place, and the prospect 

 of the Jungfrau and other lofty Mountains from the Luke on 

 which we sailed is particulary striking. After a clear day, 

 Rain came on. At night the air in this country is certainly 

 dryer than in England. The roofs of the clock towers in the 

 towns were rarely covered with Moss, though many of them 

 were very old. 



