a wonder fed day and is goinfe to be one of the "glorious days" 1 
treasure and en^oy over and over again — like some days la ie"12)ow- 
stoas "ark, on the LoLo trail, in Yosem&te, several in Porto dico, 
,lorift&, Corth Carolina and elsewhere. Vhe far end of Lad leman 
is in France aga&n. I did not get off the boat "because I had not 
brought m paaeport with me — I am about fed up with passport offic 
ials, anyway. The boat was there about an hour, about noon, and 
was all afternoon coming back. &$ the north and (the very end is 
turned over fee the east) there is a wonderful view of the Dents de 
Midi , which Dr. Briquet said he esteems as ope of the finest in 
Switzerland, and he has climbed every peak of it— pretty stoop 
e-3 imbing , some of it roust have been. The familiar picture of the 
chateau of Chillon shows the Dents de Midi in the background. One 
aoes sot get that view from the lake. The chateau is or; the left 
shore | long way west and south of the mountains. The picture eras- 
he taken from the shore south of the chateau. This grim looking 
building stretches along about 200 feet, I estimate, rising right 
out of the water. The beav.tiful stone boats, with sails tilted 
like the wings of a great bird are so romantic looking one wowld 
expect them to be carrying noble knights and beautiful ladies in-' 
ste«d of stone for Geneva' s buildings. The prevailing color of 
sky, water, and mountains was a pinkish-pearly opalescent blue. 
uont Blanc was in view the greater part of the day. Last night 
Monday ,1 had dinner with the Briquets, Mrae B and four children. 
The oldest daughter Is in England for six months to perfect her 
JSagJLlah. All but the youngest girl, about 16, speak Mnglish. They 
are a lovely family. Dr. Briquet is interested in prohibition, 
'hreryene in 'Joxope asks «bout that— it seems almost unbelievable t 
them. (I'm glad Ameiioa is advanced in something— we are so very 
conservative in most ways*} Dr. B poured wine £©n me, and by my o 
