than the huts of Avant opposite to it,--huts through which
goes that beautiful path over the Col de Jaman, followed by so many
foot-travellers on their way from Vevey to the Simmenthal and Thun.]

[Footnote 28: NOTE 28, PAGE 333.

_The gentian-flower'd pass, its crown
With yellow spires aflame._

The blossoms of the _Gentiana lutea_.]

[Footnote 29: NOTE 29, PAGE 333.

_And walls where Byron came._

Montbovon. See Byron's Journal, in his _Works_, vol. iii. p. 258. The
river Saane becomes the Sarine below Montbovon.]

[Footnote 30: NOTE 30, PAGE 429.

_And the kind, chance-arrived Wanderer._

Poias, the father of Philoctetes. Passing near, he was attracted by the
concourse round the pyre, and at the entreaty of Hercules set fire to
it, receiving the bow and arrows of the hero as his reward.]

[Footnote 31: NOTE 31, PAGE 462.

_And that curst treachery on the Mount of Gore._

Mount Haemus, so called, said the legend, from Typho's blood spilt on it
in his last battle with Zeus, when the giant's strength failed, owing to
the Destinies having a short time before given treacherously to him, for
his refreshment, perishable fruits. See APOLLODORUS, _Bibliotheca_, book
i. chap. vi.]

[Footnote 32: NOTE 32, PAGE 468

_Ye Sun-born Virgins! on the road of truth._

See the Fragments of Parmenides:

... [Greek: kourai d' hodon hegemoneuon,
heliades kourai, prolipousai domata nyktos,
eis phaos]....

[Footnote 33: NOTE 33, PAGE 479.

_Couldst thou no better keep, O Abbey old,
The boon thy dedication-sign foretold._

"Ailred of Rievaulx, and several other writers, assert that Sebert,
king of the East Saxons and nephew of Ethelbert, founded the Abbey
of Westminster very early in the seventh century.

"Sulcardus, who lived in the time of William the Conqueror, gives a
minute account of the miracle supposed to have been worked at the
consecration of the Abbey.

"The church had been prepared against the next day for dedication.
On the night preceding, St. Peter appeared on the opposite side of
the water to a fisherman, desiring to be conveyed to the farther
shore. Having left the boat, St. Peter ordered the fisherman to
wait, promising him a reward on his return. An innumerable host
from heaven accompanied the apostle, singing choral hymns, while
everything was illuminated with a supernatural light. The
dedic