Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe.

  • William Coxe
Date:
1779
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Credit: Sketches of the natural, civil, and political state of Swisserland; in a series of letters to William Melmoth, Esq; / from William Coxe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I [ 18 ] continual action of the river; and the water forced itfelf through in an ob¬ lique direction, with inexpreffible fury, and an hollow found. Alter having continued fome time, contemplating in filent admiration the awful fublimity of this wonderful landfcape, we defcended; and below the fall we eroded the river, which was exceedingly agitated. Hitherto I had only viewed the cata- ra£t tideways; but here it opened by degrees, and difplayed another pidture, which I enjoyed at my leifure, as I fat myfelf down upon the oppolite bank. The mod: linking objedls were as fol¬ low : on the fide we came from, a callle, erected upon the very edge of the pre¬ cipice, and overhanging the river ; near it, a church and fome cottages; on the fide where I was fitting, a clump of cottages clofe to the fall; in the back ground, riling hills, planted with vines, or tufted with hanging woods ; a beau* tiful little hamlet upon the fummit, flkirted