top, and one of these was a Swiss peasant girl.

On the Sabbath several of us attended divine worship in a room at the Hotel de Londres. The service was performed by a clergyman of the church of England, and it was pleasant to hear the evangelical trumpet in this dark land. But, alas! what indifference is manifested to the Lord's day by multitudes of Protestants who visit the continent. If they have any religion at home, they have none abroad; and under circumstances in which they stand most in need of the controlling influences of religion and the checks of conscience, they appear to be utterly destitute of both. Hence we may conclude that the character of a man, in many respects, to say the least, is never so fully developed as when he is among strangers. "There is, indeed, nothing that a man can afford less to leave at home (I quote from the North American

Review), in an extensive journey, than his conscience or his good habits. There is far more reason for tightening the girth of duty many holes than for letting it out one. For it is not to be denied that travel is in its immediate circumstances-as all times of varied pleasure, of continued excitement are-unfavourable to habits of self-discipline, regulation of thought, sobriety of conduct, and dignity of character."

But the gay and godless creatures, although they "fancy music in their chains," are not happy; for no man can be happy who is not religious. "There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." Dear reader! are you happy? and have you "peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ?" Never, O never, forget that he who "will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." "Be not conformed to

this world."

"In vain the world accosts my ear,

And tempts my heart anew;

I cannot buy your bliss so dear

Nor part with heaven for you."-WATTS.

I must not omit to state that the weather, during the three days that we remained at Chamouni, was all that we could desire. The rays of the sun gilded the snowcrowned mountains all the day long. Indeed, in this respect we were highly favoured the whole of the time we were absent from England. I will also avail myself of this part of my journal to bear testimony to the uniform kindness and attention of the innkeepers and their servants. As to the former, they are, generally speaking, very respectable men; and some of them are persons of great influence in their

canton.

20th, Monday. We left the Royal Hotel at 7 a.m., and proceeded on our journey to Geneva. We had not travelled far before the road became exceedingly bad, so much so that our bones were well nigh

dislocated. At length we left the carriage for a season, and thus escaped the frightful jolting to which we should have been subjected by the increased steepness of the road. Mountains, precipices, valleys, and forests, are the characteristic features of the kingdom of Sardinia. The climate is that of the Swiss Alps. The Savoyards of both sexes have in general a brown complexion from frequent exposure to the open air. In favourable situations the slopes of the mountains are covered with vines. The plough is of use only in the valleys. The population in 1848, was 584,802.

At Sallenches we parted with our carriage, and travelled the remainder of the way to Geneva by diligence. We had a noble view of Mont Blanc from a bridge which crosses the Arve near the town. "This one view," says Murray, "repays the journey from England." The heat was oppressive; and one of our number was

with some difficulty kept from fainting. Two of our fellow-travellers were Americans, with whom I had some interesting conversation. Through God's mercy we arrived at Geneva at 5 p.m. in safety.

21st, Tuesday. The heat being very great and the ladies somewhat fatigued, most of the day was passed at the hotel. In the evening, however, we took aride through the upper and lower town, so called from the uneven nature of the ground. It possesses but few objects of interest to the passing stranger. "The city was twice destroyed under the Roman emperors. In 1032 it was united to the German empire; and in 1524 the city released herself from ducal government, and nine years after, from the control of the bishop also, by openly adopting Protestant doctrines. Since 1813 it has formed the twenty-second canton of the Helvetic confederation." [Gazetteer of the World.] We visited