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198 other, that it was a pleasure to hear. One could see that on neither side had a single shade of displeasure disturbed the cordial relationship between the friends. And more than once during this journey, it has been a pleasure to me to observe the cheerful candor, and yet delicacy at the same time, which prevailed in the intercourse between these two young men, and which I have seldom seen among men.

I have again spent two extremely interesting days in Zürich, during which I visited the beautiful promenades both in and on the outside of the town, the Botanic Gardens, and the “Weid,” with its glorious amphitheatre of the Alps of Glarus and Appenzell.

I have also, during this time, made the acquaintance of several persons whom I shall gratefully remember, amongst whom, are Professor Cherbulliez, and his family; an intellectual young Mme. Lavater, who presented me with her father-in-law's works ; and those four young sisters W————, handsome and highly cultivated, who came to talk to me about their father. He had educated them, and trained them to independence, freedom, and useful activity; imparting to them the treasures of his heart and mind, he had been to them, at once, a father and a brother. By the assistance of his daughters he had established an educational institute, which was one of the most flourishing in Zürich. The good father has now been dead a year, and the daughters continue the work which he began, but it seems to have lost its best pleasure for them in his removal. Bright tears filled, again and again, their beautiful eyes, as they spoke of him. There are the