upon them from the opposite mountains and surrounded their camp, while an assault at the same time was made upon them from the lake. Note c.-p. 45. In the cataract of the Rhine. / At Schaffhausen-See Coxe's Travels. Note d.-p. 45. Married at thine altar, Death! In this miserable conflict, many of the women and children of the Underwalders fought in the ranks, by their husbands and fathers and friends, and fell glori ously for their country. Note e. p. 46. To the mother's heart a wound! An indiscriminate massacre followed the battle. Note f.-p. 46. Lo, a band of Switzers came. Two hundred self devoted heroes from the Canton of Switz arrived, at the close of the battle, to the aid of their brethren of Underwalden, and perished to a man after having slain thrice their number. Note g. p. 46. Devastating all below. The Lavanges are tremendous torrents of melting snow, that tumble from the tops of the Alps, and deluge all the country before them PART IV. Note a. p. 51. High in Heaven their monarch stands. Mont Blanc-which is so much higher than the surrounding Alps, that it catches and retains the beams of the sun, twenty minutes earlier and later than they-and, crowned with eternal ice, may be seen from an immense distance, purpled with his eastern light, or crimsoned with his setting glory, while mist and obscurity rest on the mountains below. PART V. Note a. p. 62. Writhing, raging in the wind, The town of Stantz, and the surrounding villages were burnt by the French, on the night after the bat tle of Underwalden, and the beautiful valley was converted into a wilderness. PART VI. Note a.--p. 66. From the famine-wasted North. There is a tradition among the Swiss, that they are descended from the ancient Scandinavians; among whom, in a remote age, there arose so grievous a famine, that it was determined in the assembly of the nation, that every tenth man and his family should quit their country, and seek a new possession. Six thousand, chosen by lot, thus emigrated at once from the North. They prayed to God, to conduct them to a land like their own, where they might dwell in freedom and quiet, finding food for their families, and pasture for their cattle. GOD, says the tradition, led them to a valley among the Alps, where they cleared away the forests, built the town of Switz, and afterwards peopled and cultivated the Cantons of Uri and Underwalden. |