valley. Lecourbe after learning- the fate of the French 

 army, gave up all further pursuit of the Eussians. On this 

 bloody field the French lost over one thousand men killed 

 and wounded, besides all those who were taken prisoners. 



*) The person to whom we owe this model was a young 1 

 man called Niederost from Schwyz, who was later artillery 

 captain in the French service. Niederost when twenty-one had 

 watched the bloody battle between the two armies from the 

 heights of Illgau. The sight made so deep an impression 

 upon him that he determined to represent it by a model. In 

 two years (18001802) the work was completed. Owing- to 

 the fidelity with which the valley of the Muota is rendered, 

 as well as the position of the belligerent armies on the day 

 of the battle, October 1st, it will ever remain a precious 

 picture of the history of that time, and rouses, in mili- 

 tary circles especially, the liveliest sympathy for the details 

 of the remarkable mountain war it illustrates. The localities 

 are, with great truth, worked out on a scale of 27,273/11. 

 This model was bought as pendant to that of the late 

 General Pfyifer, the oldest model of Central Switzerland. 

 Under the direction of Colonel Bindschadler of Lucerne, 

 together with his aide-de-camp, it was renewed in 1894, 

 particular attention being paid to the positions of the 

 fighting armies. 



For the convenience of the visitors of the Glacier 

 Garden is here to be found an entrance to the 



Labyrinth: This is a Moorish Palace built 

 after the celebrated Alhambra in Granada. Through 

 the magnificent galleries and palm corridors with 

 their interesting groups ice find our way to the lion 

 court-yard, where ive pass to the entrance of the Kalei- 

 doscope ivith its wonderfulilluminatoins dndreflections. 



A visit to the Labyrinth is very amusing and 

 should not be missed. 



Prehisforical Period. 



The most ancient Vestiges of Man. 



Since the days when the naturalist Cuvier (f 1832) 

 wrote these words: n l' horn me fossile n'existait pas", ideas 

 on the subject have altered considerably. To-day we 



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