Of the later Swiss drawings, one of the wildest and most impressive was the "St.Gothard"; Ruskin wanted to find Turner's point of view, and to see what alterations he had made.

He told Turner so, and the artist, who knew that his picture had been realized from a very slight sketch, was naturally rather opposed to this test, as being, from his point of view, merely a waste of time and trouble.

He tried to persuade the Ruskins that the Swiss Sonderbund war, then going on, made travelling unsafe, and so forth.

But in vain.

Mr.John was allowed to go, for the first time alone, without his parents, taking only a servant, and meeting the trustworthy Coutet at Geneva.
With seven months at his own disposal, he did a vast amount of work, especially in drawing.