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had left M. Fritz. His house is three
or four miles from Geneva, but near the
lake. I approached it with reverence,
and a curiosity of the most minute kind.
I enquired when I first trod on his do-
main; I had an intelligent and talkative
postillion, who answered all my ques-
tions very satisfactorily. His estate is
very large here, and he is building pretty
farm-houses upon-it. He has erected on
the Geneva side a quadrangular justice, or
gallows, to shew that he is the seigneur.
One of his farms, or rather manufactur-
ing houses, for he is establishing a manu-
facture upon his estate, was so handsome
that I thought it was his chateau. We
drove to Ferney, through a charming
country, covered with corn and vines,
in view of the lake and mountains of
Gex, Swisserland, and Savoy. On the
left hand, approaching the house, is a
neat chapel with this inscription:
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