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108 TRAVEL~ IN EUROPE.',rec:e1r1~ 0.1' ~Jema thin mattress, a pair of sheets, and a cQverlet:such is aU required for this comfort of life. These Jight materialsareeasily'frolled oft~ and put de c6té fOf, the day; then the apartment"becdtnes as fit as any ~othef for general purposes. tobf?dding;,on the route;' the traveller be sa~fsfiedwith a .pair,of sheets, ;:1mongthe other requisites found, and 100klJ@ further, he will usually nleet his'wish; s1iliüuld he be possessed by a ,troublesome s."it o(~~investi:"gation, he had bettêr carry hisown. This iS'llapointwhich the;na,t~\";etakes little interest in : but weshallhereafterhave,oc,casion to takehimin this point ofw1fiew, sure everto:findhim,the same man.But to the pres~nt, to:mountain scenery. The mont)1S,()fthe winter solstice are by no means the season to,enjoy these enchantinglandscapes; that is, so much of them as has escaped thelaqerating andindelible hand of PalatiaI taste.This tract does not appear Jo havebeen everduly explored geologically. lts,bptany would probably,ina qonsid~rable measure, çorrespond with"Qllr la.titude