Friday August 23rd, 1872

Friday Aug 23rd, staid here had dinner at 12, and thought of going by Steamer to Laussane, but disappointed, the storms with a little thunder and lightening till after 2, and the clouds so thick we cannot see the Lake, all day stormy, so that we had only a walk for about a mile from the Hotel, then caught in a storm, it did not last long but is very heavy. Got back, had our bill and settled, very moderate the Landlord was very much obliged, and we were all very much pleased, it began raining again, and kept on all night.

Travellers on the Continent should always have their bills the night before they leave, for many of the Hotel keepers or the managers take advantage of the English, and if the bill is left until the last minute you have no time to examine it, they say we have plenty of money in England and can pay, I cannot find it so (can you).