[44] His first visit to the Alps, with Robert Jones, in 1790.—Ed.
[45] Compare Dorothy Wordsworth's letters written at Forncett rectory in 1790-91.—Ed.
[46] After the sunshine has left the mountain-tops the sky frequently becomes brighter, and of the same hue as if the light from the hills had retreated thither.—D. W.
[47] See the "Poetical Works," vol. vi. p. 315, in "Memorials of a Tour on the Continent, 1820," Scene on the Lake of Brientz.—Ed.
[48] From the Wengern Alp.—D. W.
[49] All these Alps are occupied by owners of land in the valleys, who have a right in common according to the quantity of their land. The cheeses, like the rest of the produce, are the property of all, and the distribution takes place at the end of the season.—D. W.
[50] The Fall of the Reichenbach.—Ed.
[51] Which is in fact the right bank as we were going up the Lake.—D. W.
[52] The head Branch of the Lake of the Four Cantons.—D. W.
[53] There is a mistake here as to the date, which renders all subsequent ones inaccurate.—Ed.