a Swiss newspaper. A very disagreeable incident in connection
with Herwegh pursued me to my retreat in the country. One day a
certain Herr Haug, who described himself as an ex-Roman general
of Mazzini's time, introduced himself to me with a view of
forming a sort of conspiracy against him, on behalf, as he said,
of the deeply offended family of the 'unfortunate lyric poet';
however, he did not succeed in getting any assistance from me. A
much pleasanter incident was a long visit from Julia, the eldest
daughter of my revered friend Frau Ritter, who had married
Kummer, the young Dresden chamber musician, whose health seemed
so entirely undermined that they were going to consult a
celebrated hydropathic doctor who practised only a few miles from
Zurich. I now had a good opportunity of abusing this water cure
about which my young friends were so eager, and had always
believed that I was perfectly mad on it also. But we left the
chamber musician to his fate, and rejoiced at the long and
pleasant visit of our amiable and charming young friend.

As I was quite satisfied with the success of my work, and the
weather was exceptionally cold and rainy, we made up our minds to
return to our cosy winter residence in Zurich at the end of June.
I was resolved to stay there until the appearance of some real
summer weather, when I intended to take a walking tour over the
Alps, which I felt would be of great advantage to my health.
Herwegh had promised to accompany me, but as he was apparently
prevented from doing so, I started alone in the middle of July,
after arranging with my travelling companion to meet me in
Valais. I began my walking tour at Alpnach, on the Lake of
Lucerne, and my plan was to wander by unfrequented paths to the
principal points of the Bernese Oberland. I worked pretty hard,