Regret at leaving Geneva--Lake of Joux--Coponex--Robbers--Lassera--Curious Separation of a Rivulet---Orbe--Face of the Country--Price of Land--Yverdun--Sea View--Spa--School--Anecdote of a Conductor--Game--Bridge of Serrier--Neufchâtel, said to resemble Naples--Description of its Territory--Anecdote respecting the Religion of Landeron--David Riri--Sketch of the History of Neufchâtel--Competitors for its Sovereignty--Lake of Bienne--Island of St. Pierre--Singular Government of Bienne--Great Change on passing the Pont de Thiel--Charge of Rapacity against the Swiss--Pleasant Travelling--Extensive View from Julemont--Agriculture--Arberg 205 CHAP. XIII. Morat--famous for Kirschwasser--Monument commemorating the Defeat of the Burgundians removed by the French--Its Inscription--Seedorf--View of the Island of St. Pierre--Beauty of the distant View of Berne--Its Interior also handsome--Its Fortifications--Stags and Bears kept in the Trenches--Public Library--Botanic Garden--Chemists' and Bakers' Shops--Convicts chained in the Streets--Beautiful Public Walks--Government of Berne--Opinion of Pope--Excursions to Hofwyl and Hindelbanck--Extent of the Canton of Berne--Its Population, Productions, &c. &c--State of the Clergy--Departure from Berne--Village of Worb--Saw Mill--Bleach Greens--Care which the Swiss take of their Horses--Sumiswald--Little Wooden Inn--Zell--Castle of Haptalla--Irrigation--Beautiful Situation of Lucerne--Its Melancholy Interior--General Pfiffer's Model--Beautiful Lake--Mount Pilate and Rigi--Visit two Classic Spots--And the Small Canton--Gersau--Intolerance--Lake and Canton of Zug--Swiss Honey--Magnificent View of Zurich, described by Zimmerman--Considerations on the Difference between the Swiss Cantons, &c 222 CHAP. XIV. Zurich--Its Interior not answerable to its distant Appearance--Population, Buildings, &c.--Dinner at the Table d'Hote--Excursion on the Lake--Country and Villages near Zurich--Winter there--Cascade of Lauffen--Its magnificent Effect--Cyder--Bad Vintage--Schaffhausen--Its Bridge--Population--Laws--Manufactures, &c.--View of Mount Banken--Chapsigre Cheese--Swiss Tea--Set out in the Diligence with a Doctor of Leipzig--His uncommon Love of Smoking--Civility, Dress, &c. of the Germans--Deutlingen--Pass the Danube--Taste of the Germans for Music, preferable to the political Arguments of the French--Passports--Subdivisions of Germany--Trade--Posts well conducted--Accident at Bahlingen--House of Hohenzollern 242 CHAP. XV.