Lucerne, Switzerland.
Hotel du Cygne ~ The morning opened gloomily enough with rain and cloud, but at noon it cleared up a little, the wind changed and dispersed the lower clouds, so that we obtained a fine view of Mount Pilatus and Rigi, their summits covered with a snowy mantle. Mt. Pilatus is the higher of the two, but is not often ascended. It is almost a perpendicular rock, in the crevices of which the snow contrasts beautifully with the dark stone of the more exposed parts. One of the finest points of view from mountain tops in all Switzerland is that on the top of the Rigi. Oh for the sun once more to enable us to enjoy it! This afternoon we all took a row upon the lake. We dined at five and ~ half and drank John’s health and happiness for it is his birthday. During our walks we meet rough wooden crosses very often, set up by the side of the public roads, in passing which the peasants cross themselves with much apparent feeling. It seems to me very proper thus to remind men during their daily avocations of the employments of Eternity.
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