XVI. 



A MAGNIFICENT PROSPECT FOURTEEN HOURS WITHOUT 



FOOD. 



Owl's Head, August 5. 



Dear H- 



Have you ever been on the summit of the Righi, in 

 Switzerland ? It is said to command the finest view 

 in that land of magnificent prospects. I once stood 

 on its top, and saw the sun come up in his glory, till 

 forests, lakes, rivers, and villages sprang into life and 

 beauty, and the whole range of the Bernese Alps, from 

 Sentis to the Jungfrau, glittered in red and gold, while 

 the vast snow fields slept in deep shadow between. 



My eye never opened on a more glorious panorama, 

 and I stood amid its surpassing beauties in silent 

 amazement. The view, it is said, embraces a tract of 

 country three hundred miles in circumference, with 

 eleven lakes in sight from the summit, though I never 



