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Management 10th Edition Robbins Solutions Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction to Management and Organizations
In this chapter, we’ll introduce you to who managers are and what they do. One thing you’ll
discover is that the work managers do is vitally important to organizations. But you’ll also see
that being a manager—a good manager—isn’t easy. The best companies and organizations
are more flexible, more efficient, and more adaptable. Focus on the following learning
outcomes as you read and study this chapter.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1.1 Understand what makes someone a manger.

1.2 Define management and describe what managers do.
1.3 Describe the characteristics of an organization.
1.4 Understand the challenges to managing.
1.5 Understand the importance of building an adaptable organization.
1.6 Explain the value of studying management.

CHAPTER VIGNETTE

Cirque du Soleil is an iconic Canadian success story and founder Guy Laliberté is the
public face of this 4,000 person company. The vignettes in this chapter focus on the
dynamics between the CEO, Daniel Lamarre and founder Guy Laliberté as they employ
management techniques to manage a highly creative and artistic enterprise. The subtext
in the opening vignette is the story of Guy’s mission fight global poverty through the
founding of the One Drop Foundation. This theme of responsible leadership and social
responsibility is woven throughout the balance of the text. The second vignette asks
students to think about the steps Daniel Lamarre uses the four constructs of
management (planning, leading, organizing and controlling) to manage Cirque du Soleil.
The third vignette thrusts students into the world of the modern manager where they
need to manage multicultural challenges, technological challenges, and the demands for
more accountability.

This opening dilemma should be used to encourage discussion on the role of managers
and the reality that the workplace and the expectation of managers are evolving. You
should find that many of your students have experience attending a Cirque performance
and working on the service industry and that they will have stories about the demanding
nature of the industry, what is expected of them from their managers, and if they have
served in a supervisory role what is expected of managers. Chapter 1 continues with an
examination of the functions of management, managerial roles and skills, the diverse
nature of modern business organizations, and rewards and challenges offered by a
career in management.

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CHAPTER OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION.
The concept of management and managers is introduced in this chapter. Six questions
are addressed:
A. What makes someone a manager?
B. What is management and what do managers do?
C. What characteristics define an organization?
D. What are the challenges to managing?
E. Why build an adaptable organization?
F. Does studying management make a difference?
1. WHO ARE MANAGERS?
A. The changing nature of organizations and work has blurred the clear lines
of distinction between managers and non-managerial employees. Many
workers’ jobs now include managerial activities. Definitions used in the
past no longer work.
B. How do we define a manager? A manager is someone who works with
and through other people by coordinating their work activities in order to
accomplish organizational goals. However, keep in mind that managers
may have other work duties not related to integrating the work of others.
C. Managers can be classified by their level in the organization, particularly
for traditionally structured organizations. (See Exhibit 1-1.)
1. First-line managers are the lowest level of management. They’re
often called supervisors.
2. Middle managers include all levels of management between the
first-line level and the top level of the organization.
3. Top managers include managers at or near the top of the
organization who are responsible for making organization-wide
decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the
entire organization.
2. WHAT IS MANAGEMENT AND WHAT DO MANAGERS DO?
A. Management refers to the process of coordinating work activities so that
they’re completed efficiently and effectively with and through other
people.
1. Efficiency is getting the most output from the least amount of
inputs, the goal of which is to minimize resource costs. (See
Exhibit 1-2.)
4. Effectiveness is completing activities so that organizational goals
are attained; often described as “doing the right things.” (See
Exhibit 1-2.)
B. Management Functions.
Henri Fayol, a French industrialist from the early part of the 1900s,
proposed that managers perform five management functions: POCCC
(plan, organize, command, coordinate, control).
1. These functions still provide the basis around which popular
management textbooks are organized, but the functions have
been condensed to four. (See Exhibit 1-3.)
a. Planning involves the process of defining goals,
establishing strategies for achieving those goals, and
developing plans to integrate and coordinate activities.
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be done, who is to do them, how the tasks are to be
grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to
be made.
c. Leading includes motivating subordinates, influencing
individuals or teams as they work, selecting the most
effective communication channel, or dealing in any way
with employee behaviour issues.
d. Controlling is monitoring activities to ensure that they are
being accomplished, comparing performance with
previously set goals, and correcting any significant
deviations.
C. Management Roles.
Henry Mintzberg, a researcher at McGill University, conducted a precise
study of managers at work. He concluded that managers perform 10
different, but highly interrelated roles.
1. Management roles refer to specific categories of managerial
behaviour. Mintzberg’s 10 management roles are grouped into
three categories (See Exhibit 1-4.)
a. Interpersonal roles include figurehead, leadership, and
liaison activities.
b. Informational roles include monitoring, disseminating,
and spokesperson activities.
c. Decisional roles include those of entrepreneur,
disturbance handler, resource allocator, and negotiator.
2. Follow-up studies suggest managers perform similar roles,
however, the emphasis that managers give to the various roles
seems to change with their organizational level.
3. While each approach has merit, the functional approach still
represents the most useful way of classifying the manager’s job.
4. Robert L. Katz found through his research in the early 1970s that
managers need three essential skills or competencies. (See
Exhibit 1-5.)
a. Technical skills are skills that include knowledge of and
proficiency in a certain specialized field.
b. Human skills include the ability to work well with other
people both individually and in a group.
c. Conceptual skills include the ability to think and to
conceptualize about abstract and complex situations, to
see the organization as a whole, and to understand the
relationships among the various subunits, and to visualize
how the organization fits into its broader environment.
3. WHAT IS AN ORGANIZATION?
An organization is a deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some
specific purpose. (See Exhibit 1-6.). Although these three characteristics are
important to defining what an organization is, the concept of an organization is
changing. Exhibit 1-7 lists some of the important differences between the
traditional organization and the new organization.
A. The Size of Organizations.
Managers and employees work in a variety of sizes of organizations.

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so infinitely superior. The way by Sienna may answer very well to do
penance upon, and I know no other sentimental consideration which
would induce a man to undertake it a second time. It is true, by
Perrugia, the distance is more than fifty miles greater, but
notwithstanding, the journey maybe completed in quite as short a
space of time.
 CHAP. XXIII.
FLORENCE—AND JOURNEY TO MILAN.

Madame Hembert of the Pension de Suisse, is a most pleasant

and attentive woman, and so well calculated for her situation, that
her house has been, for some time, a favourite resort of the visitors
to this city. Finding it too small to accommodate her friends, she had,
just before our arrival, taken a magnificent palace, called the
Maladura, delightfully situated on the banks of the Arno, which she
was now busily occupied in removing to. As it was not the most
agreeable thing in the world, to reside in the midst of so confused a
scene, we determined to take lodgings for the week of our proposed
stay in Florence. While we were meditating this arrangement, who
should we meet but Mr. F⸺, a gentleman to whom I was greatly
indebted for various kind attentions at Rome, and who instantly
proposed that we should place ourselves in the same house, where
he himself lodged. This was so agreeable to our inclinations, that we
requested him immediately to make the necessary arrangements,
and on the following morning took possession of our rooms, situated
in the Strada Mal-Aurange.

After this, my friend wished to see a race contested by horses

without riders, but we found the ground so wet and uncomfortable,
that we returned without waiting for the exhibition; which I was far
from regretting, as I know no species of amusement, that, in my
present situation, would have less interested me; nor was it novel to
my friend.

We dined at a trattoria’s, after which I had the pleasure of

accidentally meeting, at the library, with Mr. F⸺, with whom I had
sailed in the felucca, from Nice, and was also introduced to Mr. H
⸺, the gentleman whom I before mentioned, as having travelled
with the French merchant, who threw himself into the crater of
Vesuvius.

Florence is said to owe its origin to a Roman colony, composed of

selected veterans from Cæsar’s legions; but in its modern state, you
would scarcely imagine it the offspring of the camp; for its whole
appearance bespeaks gentility, and its inhabitants are possessed of
so courteous an air, that we cannot wonder it should be selected by
our countrymen, as a residence preferable to every other in Italy.
The society, both among the natives and foreigners is excellent; and
the city abounds with literary institutions, and museums of natural
history, and the fine arts. Good houses are easily procured, and
provisions and necessaries of all kinds abundant and cheap.

The town itself, both as relates to its public and private buildings,
is not only handsome, but in many respects magnificent, and the
streets spacious and well paved. It is justly entitled to its appellation
of La bella Fiorenza. The only fault attached to it, in my opinion, is its
climate; beyond this nothing is wanting.

The week which we passed in this delightful capital flew away with
rapidity, and left behind it the impressions of a magic dream; indeed
we found ourselves under a state something similar to fascination,
so that the longer we remained, the more agreeable its pleasures
and society became; and the more enjoyment we partook of, the
more appeared to remain unenjoyed. The most prudent plan which
suggested itself, was to engage places in a voiture beforehand, for a
fixed day, by which means we should find ourselves compelled to
depart.

I can scarcely particularize all our employment in the interim,

which was devoted to utility as well as amusement. We spent our
mornings at the studios, museums, churches, &c.; the afternoon, in
the society of the many friends whom we found here. On the
Tuesday evening there was a grand procession in the piazza del
duomo, or square of the cathedral, a large open place well paved
with flag-stones; after which we attempted to visit the large theatre,
called the Pergola, but were disappointed, as the house was full in
every part, in consequence of the performance being for the benefit
of their principal actor David, whose father, an old man of seventy-
five, and long since retired from the stage, came forward to sing on
the occasion. We were the more concerned at the disappointment,
as it was certain that we should have no future night to appropriate
to the same purpose.

Friday was St. Peter’s day, and observed as a grand fête, although
with nothing like the magnificence displayed at Rome, where it is
considered, next to Easter, the grandest festival of the year: the
church of St. Peter’s is at the latter place illuminated on this
occasion, and an old bronze figure of the saint dressed up in papal
robes, decorated with immense numbers of diamonds; they are
obliged, however, to protect him with soldiers, lest some of his
worshippers should carry their zeal so far, as to endeavour to
appropriate these ornaments for their private devotions.

On Saturday we paid our last visit to the celebrated gallery of

Florence; but it must not be expected, that I can detail the various
statues, and other curiosities, which this museum of the fine arts
contains: was I to make the attempt, it would only embrace a
repetition of what former travellers have largely, and perhaps many
of them tediously, detailed.

Of course the Venus di Medici was the first object of our attention;
but I must candidly confess, that I would prefer the possession of a
plain amiable countrywoman of my own, whose mind I could admire,
to this paragon of beauty, or all the Venuses, animate or inanimate,
which Italy possesses. Not but that I am willing to profess myself fully
sensible to the magic of beauty, and to admit that Italy possesses its
share, as well as many amiable and estimable women;
notwithstanding the manners, habits, and system of education, of the
country is generally unpropitious to their production.

After the Venus, we were introduced to the Whetter, the Wrestler,

the Dancing Fawn, the little Apollo, the flying Mercury, and the
unhappy family of Niobe; as well as various others, whose names I
cannot remember.
 Before leaving Florence, I found it necessary to get a new
passport from our ambassador; the old one having been filled up at
every point with signs and countersigns, until the original writing was
nearly lost in the midst of marginal additions, as well as unintelligible
from the length of service it had undergone. After getting the new
passport from our ambassador, it was necessary to procure the
signatures of two departments of the police, the pope’s legate (to
pass through a part of the Roman states,) the Austrian, Piedmontese
ambassadors, and also the agent of the Swiss cantons, in
expectation of getting through all these states without farther trouble;
but our expectations in this respect were not realized; for they
always contrive, in large towns, to create some necessity or other for
additional signatures.

At length the day arrived for our departure for Milan, and, on
Tuesday the 3rd of July, we took a final leave of Florence. In the
early part of the day, before we began to ascend the Apennines, it
was warm and pleasant, but after we reached these more elevated
regions, it became so cold and cloudy, that we expected a fall of
snow. In the afternoon we quitted the Tuscan territory with little
trouble, but on arriving within the Roman states, were detained for
some time, and all our baggage examined and leaded: this they
made us pay for; but it had the good effect of enabling us to pass
through Bologna, and out of the pope’s territories, without farther
interruption. We stopped for the night at a solitary house in the
Apennines, thirty-eight miles from Florence, which as we had five
successive days to travel, although our horses and the roads were
particularly good, was too long a day’s journey in so mountainous a
country.

At noon, on the following day, we reached Bologna, where two of

our passengers left us for Ferrara. Our remaining companions were
an old gentleman with a young wife, returning home to Piacenza; he
was a captain in the army of the Dutchess of Parma. Bologna
impressed us as a dull, although a fine, city. We ascended to the top
of a brick tower, from whence there is a commanding view of the
country, with the Apennines forming a fine bold feature on one side,
and the plains of Lombardy on the other. This tower, built by the
family of Givelli, and said to be three hundred and sixty-five feet in
height, is mounted by a wooden staircase of four hundred and fifty
steps; the whole in so ruinous a state, that it was scarcely safe to
ascend it. One would almost wonder that so large a structure should
not have been thought worthy of a stone, or even marble, staircase,
in a country where the latter material is so plentiful.

Within the entrance we found a shoemaker at work, who said he

had the care of the building; an office, however, of which it seemed
difficult to conceive the duties, unless, indeed, it was to prevent
persons from attempting to ascend the tower. We had not time to
visit the churches and paintings in this fine town.

On quitting Bologna, we travelled along a nearly level road shaded

with rows of trees, and which convinced us that we had entered
upon the plains of Lombardy.

In the evening, we arrived at Salmogie, a solitary house, where

they regaled us with an excellent supper and wines; amongst other
dainties, we were treated with Bologna sausages, and certainly
thought them very fine, although, in general, I am not partial to
salmagundi messes. It occurred to me, whether salmagundi might
not be a corruption of the name of this house, which is famous for
these sausages, and which are nothing more than salmagundi
enclosed in a skin; great quantities of them are purchased by
travellers, as well as sent to Bologna, and other neighbouring towns.

After leaving Salmogie, we passed from the popes territories into

those of the Duke of Modena. We only stopped at the city of Modena
long enough to shew them our passports and natural faces, nor did
we purchase any masks to conceal them in, notwithstanding the
place is very famous for the manufacture of such articles. We
breakfasted at Reggio, after a journey of twenty miles from
Salmogie. This city was once of importance, and still of considerable
size, although it appeared partly deserted. Towards noon, the
weather gave indications of an approaching storm, which came on
shortly after three o’clock, with heavy rain, thunder, and lightning; but
it was not of long duration, and was succeeded by a very fine
evening.

At six o’clock, we entered the states of the unfortunate Maria

Louisa, dutchess of Parma, where the custom-house officers
accepted a small fee, to exempt us from the trouble of examining our
baggage.

In little more than an hour after this, we arrived at the city of

Parma, where, during the preparation for our supper, we visited the
cathedral, at this time under repair; the evening was too far
advanced to enable my friend to see the paintings of the cupola
executed by Correggio, who was a native of this place; from thence,
we bent our steps to the palace of the dutchess, a large mean
looking structure, with nothing like the magnificence of a royal
residence about it. It was much surpassed in respectability of
appearance by some of the neighbouring buildings. The unhappy
Maria Louisa had been a leading subject of our thoughts and
conversation since we left Florence, and every thing we are able to
glean from our companions, and other sources, contributed to inspire
a more than ordinary degree of sympathy and commiseration for her
misfortunes. The lines of Lord Byron did not fail to recur to our
imagination.

“And she proud Austria’s mournful flower,

Thy still imperial bride,
How bears her breast the torturing hour?
Still clings she to thy side?
Must she too bend, must she too share
Thy late repentance, long despair,
Thou throneless Homicide!
If still she loves thee, hoard that gem,
’Tis worth thy vanish’d diadem!”

A gentleman of the dutchess’s household, a friend of our

companions, supped with us, and expressed himself in the highest
terms respecting her affability and kindness to her subjects, to whom
she was in the habit of giving balls twice every week. She has placed
about her, either as a nurse or a keeper, an old Austrian general,
who watches all her movements. Had we arrived somewhat earlier,
we should have had the gratification of seeing, or, I should rather
say, as relates to myself, examining many of the presents made to
her by Bonaparte; as, for instance, her bed, the king of Rome’s
cradle, and dressing-table; jewellery, and various other articles.

Provisions are said to be good and cheap at Parma, which we had

no reason to call in question; we did not, however, much admire the
cheese they gave us, although that produced by this country is so
celebrated amongst all gourmands; possibly here, as in other places,
the best is sent abroad: the land is rich, and, without doubt, excellent
cheese is made in abundance from it.

Proceeding on our journey, we crossed the next day, at five miles

from Parma, the bed of the river Carro, now entirely destitute of
water; immediately above the place of passing, was a very fine
bridge of twenty arches, commenced under the auspices of Maria
Louisa, and now nearly completed. After breakfast, it turned out very
cold and rainy: throughout our progress over the plains of Lombardy,
we had anticipated much inconvenience from heat; we, however,
found more reason to complain of cold. We fancied the peasantry
also in expectation of warmer weather, as they were in general very
lightly clad; the more common costume being black small-clothes,
without either shoes or stockings.

At an early hour, we arrived at Placentia, where our companion

and his lady left us, having arrived at their own residence; their
characters appeared to be of a negative kind: he, a quiet, good sort
of an old man; she, a pleasant and amiable young woman,
sufficiently silent and reserved, probably from the laudable motive of
not wishing to give rise to any unpleasant feeling in his mind; and,
actuated by such motives, they might be, and probably were, as
happy as if no disparity of years had existed: for it is in the qualities
of the mind, and not of the person, that conjugal felicity is dependant.

“It is the secret sympathy,

The silver link, the silken tie;
Which heart to heart, and mind to mind,
In body and in soul doth bind.”

We arrived at the inn amidst a heavy fall of rain, and every thing
felt cold and dismal; our horses and driver were apparently wearied
out, although we had only travelled thirty-two miles, and this over a
good level road.

Placentia, or Piacenza, is a fine city on the banks of the Po, but

the state of the weather prevented us from exploring it.

On the following morning, our driver did not call us until six o’clock,
and then it was accompanied by an intimation, that we should have
plenty of time to breakfast, whence we inferred, that he was looking
out for passengers to fill his now vacant places; but the real cause
soon appeared, for in an hour after he apprized us, with great
concern, that one of his horses was quite lame, and, totally unable to
proceed; but that he had found another voiture, which would carry us
to Milan; and for our fare in which, he would arrange with its driver,
so that it would make no manner of difference to us. We were glad to
comply with this proposal, although we regretted changing our driver,
whom we had found a very civil and attentive man: this inability to
proceed, was, undoubtedly, to be attributed to his having driven us
too far on the first day, in order to oblige two gentlemen of Ferrara,
by getting on the second day to Bologna for breakfast instead of
supper.

Our new voiture was a much lighter carriage, than the one we had
parted from. Before we left the town, we took up an Italian lady and
gentleman, who proved very pleasant and respectable people:—the
lady about twenty-two, with a pair of such bewitching black eyes, that
my friend C⸺ was scarcely able to sustain their glances. The
gentleman, who appeared to be her relative, was about thirty, and
conversed in a very sensible, but free manner, on the political state
of his country, and patriotically anticipated the time when she would
be enabled to throw off the yoke of foreign despotism, and assert her
liberty and independence: we had, however, only the pleasure of
their company as far as Padoglia,—about ten miles.
 On leaving Placentia, we crossed the Po, on a bridge of pontoons.
The stream was rapid, and the breadth of the river much the same
as that of the Thames at London-bridge. We were strongly reminded
of Addison’s poetical description of this noble river, whose banks,
both in ancient and modern history, have been the scene of so many
sanguinary contests.

“Fir’d with a thousand raptures, I survey

Eridanus, thro’ flowery meadows stray,
The king of floods! that, rolling o’er their plains,
The towering Alps of half their moisture drains,
And proudly swoll’n with a whole winter’s snows,
Distributes wealth and plenty where it flows.”

Soon after this we entered the Milanese territories, and were

impressed with the propriety of manner in which our baggage was
inspected by the Austrian troops; there was no disposition to neglect
their public duty for private interest, no sneaking after bribes; they
maintained the necessity of examination, but it was effected, without
reward, in an unvexatious manner, and with a proper consideration
and respect for the feelings of the proprietors. The only charge made
was a regular government fee for the attachment of stamped leads,
to enable our luggage to pass throughout all other stations belonging
to this government without farther interruption.

I am happy in being able to concur with a number of my

countrymen, in doing justice to the integrity of the Austrians in their
various transactions with English travellers: that the natives should
inveigh against them is not surprising; since it could scarcely be
expected, under their relative political situation, and amidst the great
distinction of character and habits, that the two nations should
assimilate cordially together. Although the Milanese now profess to
give the preference to the French government, the time was, during
the superior influence of that nation, that they were as averse to its
domination, as they are now to that of Austria. Such is the versatility
of human nature!
 When we were within four miles of Lodi, one of the wheels of our
carriage flew off, in consequence of the linchpin becoming
disengaged; we spent some time in looking for it, but in vain, and
were obliged to substitute a piece of wood, which, however, carried
us safely to Lodi. We immediately, on our arrival, proceeded to visit
the celebrated bridge, immortalized by the victory of Bonaparte over
the Austrians, and which was mainly gained by his own bravery and
personal exertions. We found it nearly two miles distant from where
our carriage stopped; but to have left it unnoticed, would have been
as unpardonable as to have gone to Loretto, without seeing the casa
santa of the blessed Virgin.

I cannot do better than give the following concise account of this

day, so important to the destinies of the future ruler of France.

“Beaulieu had drawn up his forces behind the Adda, and fortified,
with thirty pieces of cannon, a long bridge, in front of which was the
town of Lodi, defended by his advanced posts: these Bonaparte
attacked, and, after a sharp contest, drove into the town; from
whence they passed the bridge, and joined the main body of their
army. A battalion of French grenadiers, who had hitherto borne down
all before them, now reached the bridge, shouting, “Vive la
Republique,” but the dreadful fire kept up by the enemy having
stopped their progress, Generals Berthier, Massena, Cervoni, &c.
rushed forward: still, however, even their presence might have
proved ineffectual, if it had not been for the gallantry of Bonaparte,
who, snatching a standard from the hand of a subaltern, placing
himself in front, animating his soldiers by his actions and
gesticulations, for his voice was drowned by the noise of musquetry
and cannon; till these intrepid fellows, led on by their beloved
commander, passed the bridge, amidst showers of cannon balls,
silencing the artillery, and throwing the main body of Beaulieu’s army
in such disorder, that he fled with haste towards Mantua; having lost
in this action twenty field pieces, and in killed, wounded, and
prisoners, above two thousand men.”
 Although pressed for time, we could not deny ourselves the
pleasure of passing over this renowned bridge; on arriving at the
opposite side, we had the additional gratification of meeting with a
beautiful maid of Lodi, at the wash-tub; and who appeared to interest
my friend greatly, although he remarked that he had already seen
several handsome females at Lodi.

After a hasty dinner at the Gambero, or sign of the Lobster, our

vittureno came to inform us, that he was unable to get his coach
repaired in time, but that another was waiting, which would take us
on to Milan. Thus we were transferred to a third coach; we had some
suspicion that this last was a convenient arrangement between the
two drivers, to enable the one who had brought us from Placentia to
avoid going on with two passengers only; while, at the same time, it
gave the other a full complement. However, we had no reason to
complain, the road was good, and our new driver ran us into Milan, a
distance of twenty miles, in three hours, and with a single pair of
horses only.
 CHAP. XXIV.
MILAN.

On arriving at Milan, we took up our residence at the Croci di

Malta, which is one of the most convenient houses in this place for
foreigners, as it has an excellent table d’hôte. The next day, Sunday,
was exceedingly cold, notwithstanding which, we commenced our
examination of this fine old city.

We first visited the magnificent cathedral, built entirely of white

marble; to the very top of which we ascended, by a flight of five
hundred and twelve steps. But it is better that I should borrow a
description of this most noble edifice, than attempt an imperfect one
of my own.

“It is situated almost in the centre of the city, and occupies part of
the great square; it is of Gothic architecture, and its materials are
white marble. In magnitude, this edifice yields to few in the universe.
Inferior only to St. Peter’s of Rome; it equals in length, and in
breadth surpasses the cathedrals of Florence and St. Paul’s: in the
interior elevation, it yields to both; but in its exterior, it exceeds both;
in its fretwork, carving, and statues, it goes beyond all churches in
the world, St. Peter’s itself not even excepted. Its double aisles, its
lofty arches, the lustre of its walls, its numerous niches all filled with
marble figures, give it an appearance novel, even in Italy, and
singularly majestic. In the front of the chancel, and almost
immediately above the steps, rises on four additional steps the altar,
and behind it the choir, in a semicircular form. The pillars of the
cathedral of Milan are more than ninety feet in height, and about
eighty in diameter. The dimensions of the church at large are as
follow: in length, four hundred and ninety feet, in breadth, two
hundred and ninety-eight, in interior elevation under the dome, two
hundred and fifty-eight, and four hundred in exterior, that is, to the
summit of the tower. The pavement is formed of marble of different
colours, disposed in various patterns and figures. The number of
niches are very great, and every niche has its statue, which, together
with those placed on the ballustrade of the roof, are reported to
amount to more than four thousand; and many among them are said
to be of great merit.

“Over the dome rises a tower or spire; in ascending this, the

traveller will observe that the roof of the church is covered with solid
blocks of marble, which are connected together by a powerful
cement, which possesses not only the durability and hardness, but
the colour also of the marble itself; so that the eye of the observer
scarcely perceives the points and lines in which the joinings are
made, and the whole roof appears to be composed of one immense
sheet of the finest white, and polished marble. The singularity and
uncommon splendour of this roof, cannot perhaps be adequately
described. The prospect of the surrounding country, and objects from
the summit of this tower, is grand and very extensive; it includes the
whole city, and the luxuriant plain of Milan; shews its intersection in
every part, with rivers and canals, its beautiful display of gardens,
orchards, vineyards, and groves; and its numerous and interesting
villages and towns; and extends to the neighbouring Alps, which
unite their bleak ridges with the milder, and more distant Appennines,
and seem to compose a grand and natural frame, to this picture of
beauty and interest. In its materials, the cathedral of Milan certainly
surpasses all the churches in the universe, the noblest of which are
only lined and coated with marble, while this is entirely built, paved,
vaulted, and roofed, with the same substance, and that of the
whitest, and most resplendent kind.”

After examining the cathedral, we visited the gardens in the

neighbourhood of the Porta Orientale, where there are frequently
dancing and a variety of other entertainments, on a Sunday evening,
but the day was unfavourable for these diversions. From hence, we
extended our walk to Porta Roma along the new boulevards, formed
by the Austrians within the last two years, and which are become the
fashionable promenade, and drive, of Milan.
 The next day was also an unpropitious one; indeed it appears, that
the neighbourhood of the Alps has a most unfavourable influence on
the climate; and in winter must make it extremely cold and damp. We
visited this morning the theatre of La Scala, at the time under repair.
Walking over the pit and stage, we took the opportunity of comparing
its size, with that of St. Carlos at Naples; at first my friend imagined it
smaller, but before we left, he was inclined to think the point doubtful;
but it must be recollected, that the estimate was made under very
different circumstances, the latter being lighted up and full of
company, while the present one was empty, and en dishabille.

We met with many friends at Milan, and spent our time agreeably
enough, but from circumstances, were induced to hasten our
departure sooner than we intended; in consequence we were
prevented from visiting some of the most interesting parts of the city,
as the various churches, the coliseum of Napoleon, and the
triumphal arch, erected in honour of him, over one of the gates; the
lazaretto, the mint, the museum, the minor theatres, and various
other places. The city itself, is one of the most intricate I ever met
with, the streets so numerous, short, and narrow, that we had never
been more perplexed to find our way.

We were induced to leave Milan, as I before remarked, sooner

than at first intended; this was in consequence of the difficulty
experienced in procuring a satisfactory conveyance to Geneva.

We had flattered ourselves, that we could have made

arrangements to accompany some Swiss gentlemen in their voiture,
which would have afforded us an opportunity of gaining much
agreeable information from them, but in this we were disappointed.
As a preparatory measure, a day or two before we proposed to
depart, we entered into various negotiations with different vitturenos,
all of which we were obliged to conduct with the greatest caution,
and which became abortive, from some determination or other to
impose upon us.

We had actually engaged one to convey us to Geneva, for a

considerable sum, under the full explanation of its being intended to
cover the usual expenses of supper, &c. but when he was desired to
sign the agreement, he pretended that these necessaries were not to
be included.

At length, on Tuesday the 10th, we met a vittureno, who was

departing in the morning, with the intention of taking the route of
Turin; when viewing the little chance we had of getting any
conveyance, which would take the passage of the Simplon for some
days, we determined to embrace the opportunity, and immediately
entered into an arrangement with him, to convey us to Geneva,
resting two days at Turin, bearing our expenses for supper and beds
each night, while actually travelling, for which we agreed to pay him
four Napoleons and a half each; this as the journey would occupy
nine days, we thought a reasonable bargain. The expense of
travelling is considered to increase on leaving Italy, and passing
through Switzerland, particularly by the way of the Simplon, in
consequence of the great number of barriers on that road; but I
became convinced from experience, that the real difference of
expense, is nothing equal to what the proprietors of the voitures
would wish one to suppose. The Swiss drivers appear far more
acute than the French or the Italians, for the cunning of the latter is
easily detected; while the manners of the former are more sagacious
and collected. One in particular, impressed me so strongly with his
archness of expression, that my imagination leads me to suppose, if
my powers of sight would admit of a use of the pencil, I could at this
instant depict his portrait, as correctly as if I had actually seen him.
 CHAP. XXV.
JOURNEY FROM MILAN BY TURIN, AND OVER
MOUNT CENIS TO GENEVA.

We left Milan on Tuesday, July the 11th, early in the morning of a

very fine day, in the largest, and most elegant voiture which I had
met with in France or Italy, having only two companions; one, a lady
with her lap-dog, who, although she was not very young, was witty
and amusing; the other, a singular character of a Frenchman, an ex-
colonel of the army of Bonaparte, and who amused us by his
eccentricities. He had fought in the battle of Waterloo, and
afterwards, been deprived of his pension and half pay, as well as for
a time banished the kingdom. He had received a variety of wounds
in Egypt, and other parts of the world. My friend informed me that his
appearance was shabby, although he talked of having a very rich
wife at Lyons. According to his own account, he was at this time
carrying on, in a large way, the business of a horse-dealer; and
boasted of supplying various princes, and noblemen, with Arabian
and other fine horses. Soon after leaving Milan, we passed a voiture,
from the outside of which, a trunk had just been stolen. Fifteen miles
from Milan, we crossed the Tesseno, which cost us eight centimes
per head. This river takes its rise from Mount St. Gothard, and falls
into the Po. Soon afterwards, we entered the Piedmontese states,
and after the customary examinations, reached Novara for breakfast,
having travelled thirty-five miles from Milan. Novara is an ancient
city, but of no great note. After breakfast, we proceeded on our
journey, and in the afternoon, crossed two small rivers, where they
took a toll, not only for our carriage and horses, but ourselves also.
About six o’clock, we arrived at Verceil, a very ancient city, with
narrow, ill-paved streets, and a scanty population. A number of
Austrian troops, who had occupied Piedmont in support of the
royalist party, were quartered at this place, and sacrilegiously using
the cathedral as stables. We understood that all the principal towns,
with the exception of Turin itself, probably in consequence of a
particular request, or as a point of delicacy, were at this time under
the charge of the Austrians.

On the following morning, we breakfasted at St. Germano, and

passed several rivers, with good modern bridges over them.
Whenever we inquired how they came by such fine roads and
bridges, the reply always attributed them to Bonaparte, so that if he
had robbed their churches and monasteries, he had left them many
a recompense; and they were willing to admit, that he usefully
employed the poor in improving their country, and liberally patronized
the arts.

Between seven and eight in the evening, we entered Turin, and in

the morning directed our first attention to getting our passports
properly arranged for our future journey; with this view we attended
the police; and afterwards the Sardinian minister, where they
demanded four francs from each of us for his signature. After this we
walked about the town, where my friend expressed himself
uncommonly pleased with the grandeur, beauty, and regularity of the
buildings, streets, squares, and shops. The inhabitants generally
addressed us in French, which gave us much the impression of a
French town. After dinner we visited the queen’s villa, situated on the
top of a hill, half a mile out of the town, in our way to which we
crossed the Po (which has its source twenty-five miles above Turin,
in the recesses of Monte Viso), over a magnificent bridge of five
arches, built by the French, the approach to which was through a
noble street, bearing the name of the river, with arcades on either
side of it. The villa possesses a most commanding view of the city,
river, and country around it, but contains nothing particularly good,
except that the gardens are well laid out. After this we returned to the
city, and promenaded the bank of the river, but were obliged to desist
from extending our ramble by the coming on of a rainy evening. After
breakfast the next day, we renewed our examination of the city,
visiting the boulevards, and other parts, but were again compelled to
return by the weather. On this account we took shelter in a caffé,
where we observed in the papers, the first official account of the
death of Napoleon, a rumour of which had reached us before we left
Florence.

“If thou had’st died as honour dies,

Some new Napoleon might arise
To shame the world again—
But who would soar the solar height,
To set in such a starless night?”

It continued raining the remainder of the day, and we employed

ourselves in writing letters, and making preparations for our
departure on the morrow, being obliged to forego visiting the
churches, palaces, theatres, and other interesting objects of the
place. It is true, we looked into two or three churches, but they
seemed to possess nothing out of the ordinary way. The streets of
Turin, particularly the new part, being laid out at right angles, makes
it easy to traverse the town; we could not but notice the thinness of
population, notwithstanding we knew the city was proportionally
thickly inhabited—this was no doubt to be partly accounted for, from
numbers having, during the summer season, retired to their country-
seats, and partly to the late political occurrences, which have created
a great distrust, and suspicion of those who remained, many of
whom were at this time apprehensive of arrest and imprisonment, on
account of their conduct or opinions, so that they were afraid to stir
from out of their houses—nay, many had actually absconded on
these accounts. But I do not profess to detail the political history of
the countries I visited.

On Sunday, the 15th of July, we took our leave of Turin, with six
new passengers in our voiture. We passed through Rivoli, which has
a royal palace, to Ambrogia, where we breakfasted; we now entered
defiles of mountains, the road becoming heavy; the rain, however,
which had been before incessant through the morning, began to
clear off, and we had a fine afternoon, which in some respects
compensated for the badness of the roads. A new road from Turin to
Susa, has lately been laid out by the Sardinian government, part of
which we traversed, but found it at present very uncomfortable,
consisting of a mere bed of stones. We reached Susa, about seven
o’clock, an ancient town, situated amidst rocky eminences, on the
banks of the Dura, here a small stream, but before it reaches Turin,
increased into a considerable river.

The town of Susa is more respectable than we had expected to

find it, but thinly inhabited, as notwithstanding it was a fine Sunday’s
evening, very few people were walking about. My friend remarked,
both here and in the places we had passed through this day, that the
men were of diminutive stature, and ludicrously dressed, wearing
cocked-hats, very long tails, and black breeches, and frequently
without either shoes or stockings.

In the morning we set out from Susa at three o’clock, with the
voiture drawn by five mules, our driver reserving his horses until we
had ascended Mount Cenis. Soon after leaving Susa, we travelled
over an alternation of moderate acclivity and level ground, until we
passed Novalese, when the road became steep, notwithstanding it
was sound and good, and occasionally took a winding direction to
diminish the labour of ascent. About half-way up, we passed a
miserable village, named Ferrieres. At this point we rested a while,
that my friend might contemplate the stupendous and sublime
scenery, amidst which we had been for some time making our
progress.

“⸺pleas’d at first, the towering Alps we try,

Mount o’er the vales, and seem to tread the sky,
Th’ eternal snows appear already past,
And the first clouds and mountains seem the last,
But those attain’d, we tremble to survey
The growing labours of the lengthened way,
Th’ increasing prospect tires our wand’ring eyes,
Hills peep o’er hills, and alps on alps arise.”

From hence to the summit, we observed several detached

habitations at short distances from each other, intended for the
residences of the people stationed here by government, to keep
open the road during the winter, by clearing away the falls of snow,
and rocks which might shelve down from the surrounding mountains;
or to give shelter to the way-worn or benighted traveller. These men
are thought to be well paid, receiving three francs a day, but they
fully deserve it, for their situation is, in my opinion, most unenviable.

My friend observed a gallery cut out of the solid rock, which had
formerly been used as a road, but which from apprehension of
danger in that direction, had fallen into disuse.

At the top of this mountain is situated a plain termed San Nicolo, a

stone terminus placed on which, by its inscription, informs the
traveller that he is now quitting Italy, and entering Savoy. Then
farewell Italy! we exclaimed;—but I shall leave to the reader’s
imagination, the feelings with which we quitted this highly favoured
country; nor shall I, for good reasons, attempt to depict the
magnificent scene which is to be witnessed from this commanding
elevation of six thousand feet above the level of the sea, over the
beautiful plains of Piedmont in the distance, with the sublime Alpine
features, which were extended around us, and beneath our feet; but
in lieu of this, I shall beg leave to introduce the spirited description of
Lord Byron, in his translation of Dante’s prophecy.

“Thou, Italy! so fair, that Paradise,

Revived in thee, blooms forth to man restored;
Ah! must the sons of Adam lose it twice?
Thou, Italy I whose ever-golden fields,
Plough’d by the sunbeams solely, would suffice
For the world’s granary; thou, whose sky heaven gilds
With brighter stars, and robes with deeper blue;
Thou, in whose pleasant places summer builds
Her palace, in whose cradle empire grew,
And form’d the eternal city’s ornaments
From spoils of kings whom freemen overthrew;
Birth-place of heroes, sanctuary of saints,
Where, earthly first, then heavenly glory made
Her home; thou, all which fondest fancy paints,
And finds her prior vision but pourtray’d
In feeble colours, when the eye—from the Alp
Of horrid snow, rock, and shaggy shade
Of desert-loving pine, whose emerald scalp
Nods to the storm—dilates, and dotes o’er thee.”

We found the air on Mount Cenis particularly keen, and it failed not
to produce a corresponding effect upon our appetites, nor was this to
be wondered at, as we had now been travelling seven hours without
breakfast. Our driver was, however, quite unwilling to indulge us with
a quarter of an hour for the purpose of quieting these sensations; nor
did we carry the point, until we insisted upon it peremptorily. After all,
we could only get a hasty repast of tea and bread and butter;
whereas we were strongly tempted by some beautiful trout, which
had just arrived from out of a neighbouring lake of considerable size
and unfathomable depth, situated in the centre of the plain.

The plain of San Nicolo is about six miles in length, and four
broad; and notwithstanding its great elevation, was at this time free
from snow, and covered with flowers and verdure. It is encompassed
on all sides by the Alpine ridges, the highest of which rises three
thousand feet still above it, and is clothed with eternal snow. It was
from the top of this plain that Hannibal is said to have pointed out the
rich fields of Italy to his wearied army.

At the distance of about a mile from the inn where we had taken
refreshment, we arrived at a fort, within the walls of which stands the
convent of Saint Bernard. We were detained here to have our
passports examined. On the plain a considerable quantity of stone
was lying on the road side, which was white as snow; my
companions fancied it marble; it felt, however, to me of closer
texture, and both heavier and harder than any marble I had ever met
with; I carried off a piece, as a specimen, which proves to be a
peculiarly hard sulphate of lime.

At length we began to descend the north side of the mountain, and

at the foot of it entered the town of Lanslebourg, where we had our
regular breakfast. At this place our party were imposed upon by an
old woman, who pretended to be a hundred and seven years of age,
and which she professed to prove by a certificate of her
grandmother’s baptism, which she passed off as her own; before we
left, our landlady exposed the imposition, informing us, that she
obtrudes this certificate upon all travellers who pass that way.

The road, this afternoon, was hilly, narrow, and rough; we made,
however, only a short stage, stopping to sleep at Modane. The inn at
this place was full of Sardinian troops, on which account we took the
precaution to have our baggage removed into our bed-rooms, for my
friend C⸺ had the cord whipped from off his trunk before he could
look around him. We found a peculiar difficulty in explaining our
wishes to have this arrangement effected, to the female who waited
upon us; my friend, who was a very superior linguist, essayed in vain
to make her comprehend our intentions, until at length we
discovered that she was both deaf and dumb; she possessed,
however, extraordinary acuteness, and could be made to understand
almost any thing by signs; she afterwards waited upon us well at
supper, and in conveying our luggage to the coach on the following
morning.

We breakfasted the next day at St. Jean de Maurienne, a small

town, with narrow streets, situated in the middle of the Alps. On our
way from hence to Aigue Bella, where we rested for the night, we
passed an unfinished fort, which his Sardinian majesty is by treaty
compelled to erect at this spot.

Wednesday the 18th was a fine warm day. We breakfasted at

Montmelian, famous for its wines, both white and red, and
particularly the latter.

Since descending Mount Cenis, the roads have been very

indifferent, but the country highly romantic; to-day we passed a
number of waterfalls, and repeatedly crossed the river R⸺; at half
after one we arrived at Chambery, the capital of Savoy, where we
dined, and staid all night. This town is delightfully situated, and has
many pleasant walks about it; the streets are, however, narrow, and
the pavements bad. We were informed that it abounded with the
necessaries of life, which were to be purchased at a reasonable rate.
The whole of our journey from Mount Cenis had impressed us with
the feeling of being in France, as we heard nothing but that
language, and the patois of the country.

Our companions from Turin all quitted us at Chambery; but in the

morning we took up two young gentlemen from Lyons, who were
going to the baths of Aix; one of them, however, when we had
proceeded five miles, found out that he had left his portmanteau
behind him at Chambery, and returned to look after it.

We arrived at Aix les Baignes for breakfast, after which we took a

cursory view of the town and baths, which were built by the Emperor
Gratian, and with both of which we were much pleased. I attempted
in vain, to ascertain the nature of the waters; they referred me to a
book-seller, who shewed me a treatise in praise of their virtues, but
all the information I could gain respecting the point in question, was,
that they contained sulphur; which we had previously detected by the
test of our noses.

After leaving Aix, we proceeded to Ramilly; about midway between

these places is a waterfall on the right, but at a distance from the
road, which is visited by most of the strangers who take the waters at
Aix.

In the evening we reached Frangy, where, notwithstanding we had

travelled by ourselves in the voiture, we were not without a supper
party, for we were favoured with the company of no less than four
vitturenos. They were so far pleasant company, that they treated us
with respect, and amused us with their conversation respecting the
number of their passengers, fares, &c.

On Friday, the 20th of July, we set off in great spirits, in the

prospect of reaching Geneva for breakfast; soon after leaving
Frangy, which lies in a deep galley, we began to ascend a steep
mountain, the top of which, it took us four hours to arrive at; this
accomplished, we descended again, and shortly afterwards entered
Switzerland, that country—

“Where rougher climes a nobler race display;

Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,
And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.”

At eleven o’clock we made our entry into the city of Geneva.

 CHAP. XXVI.
GENEVA.—LAUSANNE.

On arriving at Geneva, we took up our residence at the Hotel de

Corona, and discharged our vittureno, a little dark-looking Savoyard,
but with a great oddity of temper, being either in the extreme of
sulkiness, or good humour; he was, however, so quietly disposed,
that he slept the greater part of the way, either on his horses or in the
cabriolet. The manner in which he took his leave of us was singular
enough; after inquiring whether we were satisfied with his attentions,
and being answered in the affirmative, he proceeded to say that he
did not ask for a buona-mana, as he knew such a donative was
excluded by our agreement, but that he hoped we would give
something, no matter whether a franc or a Napoleon, to prove that
we were satisfied with him.

When at Edinburgh, I had formed an acquaintance with a

gentleman of this place, Dr. P⸺; one of my first objects was to find
him out, and I had the pleasure of succeeding: after expressing
much surprise, he kindly offered me his services during our stay at
Geneva.

The short time we remained at this interesting place, made it

impossible that we could enjoy all the gratifications which it was
capable of affording; we determined, however, to make the most of
the little time which we could afford.

Amongst the incidents which I reflect upon with the greatest

pleasure, I must place the very interesting visit we paid to M. Huber,
so well known in the literary world for his acute observations in
Natural History, and, particularly, his patient and extraordinary
investigation of the habits and economy of that valuable insect, the
common honey-gathering bee. There existed a sympathy and fellow-
feeling, between this amiable man and myself, of no common kind,
for we had both of us long been excluded from all enjoyment of the
“visual ray;” forty years before, and in the prime of life, M. Huber had
the misfortune to lose his sight. Besides his superior acquaintance
with natural history, M. Huber is a deep mathematician, and
accomplished musician.

Before the present personal introduction, we were, however, not

entirely unknown to each other, as through the medium of Dr. P⸺,
when at Edinburgh, we had exchanged mutual compliments.

At this time he was residing at his country house, about a mile and
a half from Geneva. We here found him walking alone in his garden,
for which purpose, he has a string extended along a particular walk,
which assists in guiding his steps with confidence, when engaged in
deep mental research.

But, notwithstanding the public and literary character of M. Huber

is so highly estimated, it is in the bosom of his family that his worth is
most to be appreciated: his integrity, benevolence, and urbanity,
have secured the respect and affection of all around him. He has
been particularly fortunate in the companion of his domestic
happiness. We had the pleasure of being introduced to Madame H
⸺, the following traits of whose character cannot fail to do her the
highest honour. M. H⸺ and herself had formed an attachment for
each other, before his loss of sight; after this misfortune, her friends
urged her to think no more of him; but neither her affection nor
magnanimity would allow her to desert in adversity that being whom
she had loved in prosperity; they were married, and she has had the
exalted gratification of having bestowed a comfortable independence
upon a worthy man, with whom she has now most happily
descended far into the vale of life.

One of the sons of M. H⸺, emulating the literary character of his

father, has distinguished himself by an Essay on the Economy of the
Ant; a work which has been thought worthy of translation into foreign
languages.
 M. Huber’s reception of me was cordial and flattering; and, after
too short a visit for the full gratification of my feelings, I was obliged
to tear myself away, impressed with indelible sentiments of respect
and veneration for this truly amiable man, and indefatigable
philosopher.

The town of Geneva, which contains twenty-three thousand

inhabitants, is by no means highly impressive in its appearance and
buildings; it derives its interest, chiefly, from the beauty and grandeur
of the surrounding scenery, and the energies of its inhabitants,
having been the favoured residence of some of the most celebrated
characters that have existed.

The inhabitants are, almost to an individual, possessed of superior

intellectual powers; no doubt the result of the extended system of
education which prevails, and which is supported by various
charities, both public and private, so that the poorest native has
opportunities of acquiring, what may almost be termed, a liberal
education. I could not be otherwise than forcibly impressed, with the
similarity of character and pursuits, between the inhabitants of this
town and those of Edinburgh.

There is a celebrated academy at Geneva, which possesses

twelve professors, and no less than six hundred students, and is
adorned by an immense and valuable library, to which the pupils
have free access.

The female part of the community also shew a superiority of

intellect, of which I experienced various instances. We found the
ladies whom we had the pleasure of being acquainted with, almost
universally well versed in polite literature, and frequently acquainted
with the English and German languages. I was much amused with
the acuteness displayed by the young woman of a shop, which I
entered to purchase a straw hat; and which was, at the same time,
combined with great simplicity and naiveté. I can scarcely express
the quickness and readiness of manner with which she attended to
my wants, and the determination she shewed that I should be suited.
She was both young and pretty, and I could not forbear venturing an
inquiry, whether she was married, by asking her, if I was correct in
addressing her as Mademoiselle, to which she frankly replied, with
an air of evident satisfaction, almost amounting to exultation, “Non
Monsieur, Je ne suis pas marié encore, mais je serai dans un mois.”
And I believe the favoured swain was not far distant, for my friend
observed a handsome young man on the qui vive about the door,
with his eyes frequently directed towards her.

On Sunday, we were favoured with an invitation to breakfast with

Dr. P⸺, whose father is a banker of this city; our entertainment
was of a splendid kind, à la fourchette. Breakfast being concluded,
we left the ladies, and went to hear divine service, with the manner
of performing which we were highly pleased. After this we walked
upon the ramparts. Geneva, however, is only partially fortified, and
not capable of sustaining an energetic siege; as it was found, in the
revolutionary war, to be commanded by the high grounds around it.

The town, as is well known, is situated on the banks of the Rhone,

and near to the magnificent lake which now bears its name. It was
formerly termed Lake Leman, or Lacus Lemanus, and is formed by
the waters of the Rhone, which discharge themselves into this
expanded form near Villeneuve; it is said to lie eleven or twelve
hundred feet above the level of the sea, surrounded by the Alps;
amongst which Mont Blanc, with its two remarkable ridges on each
side, or epaules as they are termed, towers conspicuously.

At length we were compelled, with much reluctance, to prosecute

our journey. We had hoped to have found conveyances to Lausanne
by water, along the beautiful lake, but were disappointed, as the
passage is considered dangerous, in consequence of the sudden
gusts of wind which come down the valleys. The only vessels which
are used on the lake, are for the purposes of fishing and conveying
wood, &c. I suggested the advantages of the steam-boat, which the
smoothness of the water seemed particularly adapted for; but it was
objected that the intercourse between the two places, was not
sufficient to compensate the measure. They seemed unaware that
the establishment of such a conveyance, would be the means of
forming the necessary intercourse. In short the Swiss have not the
principles of a maritime nation amongst them.

We engaged our places for Lausanne in the post diligence, which

cost us each five francs Swiss, equal to seven francs and a half
French; before, however, we entered the coach, they made an
additional and heavy charge for the baggage, which, after in vain
remonstrating against, we were compelled to pay. We might have
travelled to Lausanne, not only without this expense, but even for a
minor fare, had we looked out for one of the voitures which are
constantly running between these places.

We left Geneva, in company with three ladies, one of whom was of

a certain age, and appeared to have the other two, who were much
younger, under her protection; the elder of the young ladies spoke
English fluently, and undoubtedly had had a superior education; the
youngest, who was more reserved, was a languishing beauty, with a
pair of such expressive and brilliant black eyes, that my friend, who
unfortunately sat directly opposed to their effects, was completely
dazzled and confused. I was myself unfortunately unconscious of a
proximity to such attractive orbs.

Our conversation was chiefly carried on in English, which was not

using the elderly lady fairly, as she was totally unacquainted with that
language. Amongst other inquiries, we requested the explanation of
a circumstance which had much impressed us at Geneva; namely,
why the ladies are generally seen on the public walks in large
groupes, without any gentleman in company with them. This we
were told was to be attributed to the gentlemen, being almost
universally members of some learned society or other; the
intercourse with which they prefer, to the more sentimental
conversation of the ladies. In revenge for this neglect, however, the
ladies have also their exclusive associations, which, they maintain,
afford them more pleasure and independence, than they could
derive from converse with the other sex. I must confess myself
sceptical as to the actual indifference of the ladies; and pity most