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InJlruElions to a Traveller.
Laufanna, on the Brink of the; Lake. This Echo
repeats ■ Ten or Twelve Syllables successively.
They will inform you where you ought to Band.
You may also go to see the large Vine of Prully,
and Enquire about the Use qf a certain Cup-
board that is kept in the Castle. Nor mull you
forget to visit the College.
Friburg in Nuchtland, upon the River Sana, is
somewhat odly situated, as well as Lausanna. ’Tis
wholly built with Free-stone. The Sculptures in
the Portal of the Great Church are admir’d by
those who are not very skilful Judges, as well as
those at Bern. The Town and Bailiwick of
Grugere, where they make such large and excellent
Cheeses, are in the Canton of Friburg.
At Bern, see the Library of the College, where
there is a considerable number of Manuscripts;
M. Verneruss Cabinet of Paintings and other Ra-
rities ; the Statue of S. Christopher (which is said
to be the Statue of Goliah') on S. Cbrisiophers Gate;
the Picture and History of the Woman that liv’d
seven Years without taking any Nourifliment,
which is to be seen at the House of Mr. Tborman,
Minister of the French Church ; the Precipice,
where the Horse and Scholar fell down ; the
Town-house, where there are some Paintings;
the Great Council asfembl’d, &c. The Soil about
Bern is cold ; but the Air is good, and there are
some Places in the Country that are extreamly
pleasant.
The River Aar runs srom Betn to Solothurn, and
divides the last of these Cities into two unequal
Parts, which are united by a Bridge. See the Ar-
senal, where they keep some Spoils that were ta-
ken srom the Duke of Burgundy1, wiio was defeat-
ed at Moret; the Town-house, where there are
some Historical Paintings $ the Churches of S. Ur-
fula, and of the j e/uites.
395
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Laufanna, on the Brink of the; Lake. This Echo
repeats ■ Ten or Twelve Syllables successively.
They will inform you where you ought to Band.
You may also go to see the large Vine of Prully,
and Enquire about the Use qf a certain Cup-
board that is kept in the Castle. Nor mull you
forget to visit the College.
Friburg in Nuchtland, upon the River Sana, is
somewhat odly situated, as well as Lausanna. ’Tis
wholly built with Free-stone. The Sculptures in
the Portal of the Great Church are admir’d by
those who are not very skilful Judges, as well as
those at Bern. The Town and Bailiwick of
Grugere, where they make such large and excellent
Cheeses, are in the Canton of Friburg.
At Bern, see the Library of the College, where
there is a considerable number of Manuscripts;
M. Verneruss Cabinet of Paintings and other Ra-
rities ; the Statue of S. Christopher (which is said
to be the Statue of Goliah') on S. Cbrisiophers Gate;
the Picture and History of the Woman that liv’d
seven Years without taking any Nourifliment,
which is to be seen at the House of Mr. Tborman,
Minister of the French Church ; the Precipice,
where the Horse and Scholar fell down ; the
Town-house, where there are some Paintings;
the Great Council asfembl’d, &c. The Soil about
Bern is cold ; but the Air is good, and there are
some Places in the Country that are extreamly
pleasant.
The River Aar runs srom Betn to Solothurn, and
divides the last of these Cities into two unequal
Parts, which are united by a Bridge. See the Ar-
senal, where they keep some Spoils that were ta-
ken srom the Duke of Burgundy1, wiio was defeat-
ed at Moret; the Town-house, where there are
some Historical Paintings $ the Churches of S. Ur-
fula, and of the j e/uites.
395
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