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3d. Passing through a great part of the Canton of Berne, 

 we noticed the peculiar neatness of the large and commodious 

 wooden cottages, inhabited by the Paysans of this Canton. 

 We arrived at Soleure in the evening : the climate here is 

 sensibly cooler than at Geneva. At night, rambling round 

 the town walls, it became quite cool. 



4th. A beautiful ride to Basle, where however the weather 

 became wet and gloomy, to which the sombre though neat 

 appearance of the town with its cathedral of red stone con- 

 tributed. I noticed Swallows and Martins, flying over the 

 Rhine ; these birds, however, are in general very scarce this 

 year. 



5th. Weather fine. Grapes and Melons, with abundance 

 of fine Pears and Peaches. I slept at Colmar in Alsase : in 

 travelling over the extensive planes of which, we saw several 

 Storks on the wing, and some other large unknown birds. 

 We noticed also the immense number of small Field Mice by 

 the road sides. 



6th. A cool East Wind blew strong all the way to 

 Strasbourg, and contributed to a tooth ache with which I was 

 suffering. The air was very clear, and the steeple of the 

 cathedral was very conspicuous a long way off. 



7th. Crossed the bridge of boats over the Rhine, and slept 

 at Bischoffsheim. 



8th. Went early to Baden, a beautiful watering place in 

 a romantic country. 



Travelling along a sandy road to Baden, I noticed the 

 effect of the late hot weather in destroying vegetation. 



9th. Showers returned with Thunderstorms, and a cooler 

 air, travelled by way of Corlesruhe to Manheim. Walnuts 

 already plentiful in tlie markets; and Plums and Prunes 

 growing in abundance by the road sides, seemed well coloured 

 and nearly ripe. Peaches and Nectarines abundant. 



