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    titm made by the tK . metadlbUs eh iptibns of Etna aftd Vesuvius . Bl&hy p ^ i-feohs suppose that the long kfrtl CdjpiottS ftiihs , which they have lately htd in this |> Aft of Stfiteerlaftd , rha # hkve swelled the ifiourtftuirt in the t&b&bb&g sufficifetitiy tb p tish thU p&ft of the mountain off its inclined base .

    But we s&iv no marks of streams issuing frbiii &ny p&ft < bf the bfed which is laid bare ^ Pfef ti &j > $ the cohsisteiicj * of thfe <* &fth iri the interior of thfc ttdUntaitt vita § so muth Altefed fcf this htttistufe which penetrated into it , that the projection of the Spitzberg was no lorigfer held by a sufficiently strong

    cohesion , and its own vvejght car . ried it over . Perhaps ^ as the earth is calcareous , a kind of fermentation took place sufficient to loosen its foundations . Bttt there Is no efid to edhjeeitiirfes , T&fc ftldtih . tain has fallen * and the villages

    are no more . " I cannbfc but reflect tipan thy weakness in complaining ef out ibfag May at Stfsisbufg . if We bad not been detained there t&n

    days , waiting for our passports , we should have been in Switzerland the 3 d of September , probably in the vicinity of the lake of Lowertz—perhaps under the ruins

    ofGoldau . Several travellers , or rather strangers , were destroyed $ but ^ whether they were there on business or for pleasure , I know n . Among them are several respectable inhabitants of Berne .

    and a young lady of fine fteeomplishnie n ^ s and amiable character , whose lpss id much lamented . My dear friend * tless Ged that wea alive and enjoying so many somfbrfes . " Something of the manner , in ix

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    Which Mr * Buck minster was affected by the Alpine scenery , will be seen by the following ext « ctJ . u ifou find in some of the riidest passes in the Alps hoiiiely ihshs , which public beneficence has erected for the convenience of the weary and benighted traveller . In niost of these inns ^ albums are kept to record this names

    of those , whose curiosity has led thfehi into these regions of barrenness , ana the album is not unffeqiieniiy the drily book in the hotise - In the album of ibe Grande

    Chartreuse , Gray , on his way to Geneva , recorded his deathless name , and left that exquisite Latin ode , beginning " O ! tu se-V 6 fi reiigib loci ;** an ode which is indeed c * pure nectar /* \ t is

    curious to observe in these books the differences of national charact ^ r * r fhe Englishman usually writes his name only , without explanktion or comment . The Frenchman records something of his feelings , destination , or

    business ; commonly adding a line of poetry , an epigram , or some ex . clamation of pleasure or disgust * Tho German leaves a long dissertation iijioii tbe state of the roads , the accommodations . &c .

    detailiiig at full length whence he £ afti £ , &ria Wititfifer he is going , ikrough long pitges of crabbed tfrltlhg . ** \ h dhe of the highest regions bf tKe S \ vi $ S Albs , met a day of e ^ ceSsiv ^ labour in reaching the

    § ufhitiit tit oiii * journey , near those throries erected age ^ ago for the SiajfcSty of nature , \ ye stopped , fatigued ^ tnd dispirited , oh a ^ pot cf ^ tifl ^ d iti ^ teriiai Barreii ii c ^ s , \ Vher 6 sti& found one of these rude but hogpitaMe nin ^ opeu to reccivo

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    Letter from Mr . Bnckmimiit-fd JtrtUt- M . Walter , Esq . 737

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1814, page 737, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2447/page/9/