There is a small green island at the mouth of the lake, belonging to the town ; and a little below it, a prison, rising out of the water, and which is used for confining criminals condemned to death.
Below the lower bridge, there are a number of warehouses, built in the very middle of the river ; and farther down are the mills for grinding corn, already mentioned. From these mills to the south west bank, there is a wooden bridge, through which the water rushes with great velocity. In the mid dle of both the upper and the lower bridges, a wheel is placed, for the purpose of raising water.
There are at Zurich twenty schools and literary establishments. The chief of these are the Colle glum Carolinum, a military and a medical seminary, with two schools. Philosophy, divinity, and clas sics are taught in the college. A society of phy sics, ceconomics, and natural history has been es tablished. Cotton works to a considerable extent have been established.
The new promenade on the north-east side of the town is very elegant, with a bosquet at its farther ex tremity, from which there is a fine view of the lake, whose banks are covered with villages and country houses. On the south side the ground is gently undulating, and behind it is a high wooden ridge. From the north side the banks rise into a fine height, and are covered with numerous vineyards, while the snowy Alps rise majestically in the distance.
The view of the town and the lake from this spot is truly enchanting.
The promenade of Lindenhoff is ornamented with large trees, and furnished with seats on an elevated spot on the south bank of the river, a little below the lower bridge.
The principal promenade, however, extends from the Maison des Orphelins, along the banks of the Limmat, to its junction with the Sihl, and then turns up the right bank of the latter river. A fine monu ment is erected here to the memory of Solomon Ges ner. It consists of a square pyramid of marble, sur mounted with a white marble urn ; on one side is a bronze bust of him, and the date of his birth and death, and on the other is a long German inscription. At the south-east end of the promenade is the tirage, or place for shooting, with a number of small houses for that purpose.
The walks which surround Zurich are very hand some, and the fine green mounds along their sum mits are extremely beautiful. A stream from the lake runs around them on the south, and joins the Limmat on the Sihl. The canal enters the river at the mill.
The lake of Zurich is about thirty miles long, and is divided into the upper and lower lake by the strait of Rapperschwyl, where it is crossed by a wooden bridge a little more than a quarter of a mile long. The greatest breadth of the lake is about five miles. The upper lake freezes in winter, but the lower lake is frozen only in severe seasons. The scenery on its banks is remarkably beautiful.
The inhabitants, who are almost all Calvinists, amount to about 11,000. East Long. 31' North Lat. 47° 22' 33".