My two companions had business to transact, and curiosity attracted me.

I did not at that time know that I should have occasion to visit this pretty little town again, and would not leave without seeing it.
The suburbs are built entirely of wood, and contain many pretty one-story houses, surrounded, for the most part, by little gardens.

The situation of the suburbs is very peculiar.

Rocks, or little fields and meadows, often lie between the houses; the rocks even now and then cross the streets, and had to be blasted to form a road.

The view from one of the hills over which the road to the town lies is truly beautiful.
The town has two large squares: on the smaller one stands the large church; on the larger one the town-hall, the post-office, and many pretty houses.