crossed the wild Surenen-Eck, and on this occasion learned how to
glide over the snow fairly easily. But in crossing a swollen
mountain torrent Uhlig had the misfortune to fall into the water.
By way of quieting my uneasiness about him, he at once exclaimed
that this was a very good way of carrying out the water cure. He
made no fuss about the drying of his clothes, but simply spread
them out in the sun, and in the meanwhile calmly promenaded about
in a state of nature in the open air, protesting that this novel
form of exercise would do him good. We occupied the interval in
discussing the important problem of Beethoven's theme
construction, until, by way of a joke, I told him that I could
see Councillor Carns of Dresden coming up behind him with a
party, which for a moment quite frightened him. Thus with light
hearts we reached the Reuss valley near Attinghausen, and in the
evening wandered on as far as Amsteg, and the next morning, in
spite of our great fatigue, at once visited the Madran valley.
There we climbed the Hufi glacier, whence we enjoyed a splendid
view over an impressive panorama of mountains, bounded at this
point by the Tody range. We returned the same day to Amsteg, and
as we were both thoroughly tired out, I dissuaded my companion
from attempting the ascent of the Klausen Pass to the Schachen
valley, which we had planned for the following day, and induced
him to take the easier way home via Fluelen. When, early in
August, my young friend, who was always calm and very deliberate
in his manner, set out on his return journey to Dresden, I could
detect no signs of exhaustion about him. He was hoping on his
arrival to lighten the heavy burden of life a little by
undertaking the conductorship of the entr'acte music at the
theatre, which he proposed to organise artistically, and thus set
himself free from the oppressive and demoralising service of the