. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers . s» »gti| to Bellimona. ERSTFELD. 30. Route. 95 the lime-tree was thirty paces farther back, on the ground where the towernow stands; but the latter is known to have existed before the 14th cent. The Church contains a Madonna in relief, by Imhof. The Ca-puchin Monastery, above the church, and the neighbouring PavilionWaldeck command beautiful views. (Ascent near the tower, orfrom below Tells statue.) Above the monastery lies the Bannwald,a sacred grove, in which the woodmans axe is proscribed, as

. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers . s» »gti| to Bellimona. ERSTFELD. 30. Route. 95 the lime-tree was thirty paces farther back, on the ground where the towernow stands; but the latter is known to have existed before the 14th cent. The Church contains a Madonna in relief, by Imhof. The Ca-puchin Monastery, above the church, and the neighbouring PavilionWaldeck command beautiful views. (Ascent near the tower, orfrom below Tells statue.) Above the monastery lies the Bannwald,a sacred grove, in which the woodmans axe is proscribed, as

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. Switzerland: and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol : handbook for travellers . s» »gti| to Bellimona. ERSTFELD. 30. Route. 95 the lime-tree was thirty paces farther back, on the ground where the towernow stands; but the latter is known to have existed before the 14th cent. The Church contains a Madonna in relief, by Imhof. The Ca-puchin Monastery, above the church, and the neighbouring PavilionWaldeck command beautiful views. (Ascent near the tower, orfrom below Tells statue.) Above the monastery lies the Bannwald,a sacred grove, in which the woodmans axe is proscribed, as itprotects Altdorf from falling rocks (see Schillers Tell, Act iii, Scene 3). To the right, beyond the town, is a Nunnery, to the left the Arsenal;then, about 1 M. to the left, the village of Biirglen (1804; Tell), prettilysituated on a height at the entrance to the Schachenthal (p. 61), the tra-ditional birth-place and home of Tell. The supposed site of his house ismarked by a Chapel, erected in 1522, and adorned with paintings of hisexploits. Through the Schachenthal and over the Klausen t