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loreigucL's, unci tlicy 1ki\'o a local law winch iurhid.s cxcii a 

 Swi>.^ of nnothor canton to limit under lica\v ])onalti(>s. I 

 have known tln'iii to >i'\\i\ out spies to watdi an l^jii^lisli- 

 nian who liad o'one out with a local hunter, and to sec 

 that he did not fire the shot. A trustfnl American once 

 persnaded a hunter of Saniadeii to take him out for a 

 ffcmsic-jdiii) . hill, as the risks of (h3tection wci-c so u'rcat. 

 this euilclcss mountaineer demanded a hiiili taiilf -not less 

 indeed than 1U(» francs. After an arduons da\', the strano-er 

 returned with one small marmot, and w.is immediately 

 mulcted in another 100 fraiies' ])enalty, having' been in- 

 formed against by his own guide, who took half the fine. 

 This exchisiveness is of lonij; standino-. Von Tschudi 

 mentions one, Colani, who lorded it over these valleys at the 

 comnii'iicement of this ceiitur\', and at whose door was laid 

 tlie disappearance of not a few Italians and others, who 

 had trespassed on his preserves never to retuiai. I*er- 

 sonalK' I doubt the aut heiit i('itv of these blood t hirst v^ 

 deeds, a belief in which was })erhaps fostered by himself 

 to keep otf intruders from his domain : and I am iiicliiieil 

 to think that his worst crime was inordinate lying. At 

 least that is mv infereiice from the fallowing history of 

 one Lenz, who bearde<l the lion in his den. and begged 

 permission to accompany him on a hunting expetlition. 

 He seems to have been in a terrible fright of this monster 

 of Frankenstein, who acteil the part to perfection all the 

 time wliidi he passed in his company. I (piote only the 

 cream of the horrors which lu' uiiileiweiit : — 



"Atone time keiiz and ('olaiii were both lying down 

 and leaning over a preci]iice of a thousand feet, in order 

 to spv out the u'anie below, when Lenz .-iuddenh' heard a 



