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region in Europe. These were hidden from us by
the bad weather.
In spite of this and all the disadvantages of the
pouring rain, the grandeur of this drive was
overpowering*. The narrow part of the valley, where
the precipice walls were highest and the desolation
of the shattered mountain fragments the wildest,
might have been a highway to the waters of
Lethe, which were not unaptly represented by the
first glimpse of the black Jolster Yand as we saw
it through the downpour.
The blackness of this and the neighbouring
lakes is a curious phenomenon. This subject of
the colour of water has been much discussed, and
some rather recondite explanations have been
offered, especially in connection with the
polarization of light.
My own observations have satisfied me that,
after deducting the influence of the reflected light
of the sky or clouds, the residual special colour is
directly due to the minute particles suspended in
the water. Pure distilled water is nearly, if not
quite, colourless ; so are some lakes and springs.
The Aachensee in the Tyrol, and the deep circular
well or fountain formed by that very remarkable
spring, the outflow of which constitutes the river
Anapo near Syracuse, are the two most notable
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