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15th Sept. "... I stumped off to Zürich in the rain - dined with Herr Councillor Füssli, where I admittedly behaved a little too intrusively and familiarly. But nevertheless it does me so much good to be with this amiable family and I know - they forgive me my intrusiveness.

[...] Then to the pleasant Riedtli to my dear friends and acquaintances, with whom I am always at home, where a goodly number of promising young boys were being instructed, which instruction and discipline pleased me particularly." [Voellmy, v 3 pp 69-70]

16th Sept. Bräker sends a parcel to Bern, and a letter and some money to his family. He dines with Füssli again and spends the night at the Riedtli. Next day he leaves Zürich and goes on to Albiss, where he has his midday meal and enjoys a fine view. On the 18th Bräker is inspired by fine weather to go round the lake at Zug and climb the Rigi.

[The monastery of Maria zum Schnee [Our Lady of the Snows] on the Rigi was a place of pilgrimage in the 18th century and Bräker's friends Girtanner and Grob had visited it in 1787. [Chronik, p 411]
But while Bräker is having his midday meal at Arth, fog forces him to abandon this plan. He goes by ferry to Immensee, on foot to Küsnacht and by ferry again to Luzern.

The next day he calls on Thaddaeus Müller, but he is not at home. Bräker goes on in rain and fog to Escholzmatt, and stays the night
[probably with the Catholic priest Franz Josef Stalder.]
On the 20th he crosses the mountains to Trub, where he has a happy reunion with Pastor Imhof and his family. Imhof shows Bräker his large property, Bräker thinks that it is not quite right for a pastor to be so involved in agriculture.

On the afternoon of the 21st he goes on to Signau. and on the 22nd has the company of a saddler to Bern. He visits the family of Gottlieb Sigmund Studer and stays with them till the 26th, being entertained at various houses in the district. Studer, who was a landscape artist [as well as a lawyer], takes Bräker to see another fine view on the Berchtele mountain, and invites Bräker to accompany him to a meal provided by the butchers' guild, where there is plenty to eat and "besides that, a wooden beaker full of wine is offered to every stranger - who is obliged to drink it at one draught to the health of the whole honourable company." Bräker drinks it in two draughts. In the afternoon Bräker continues on his way and spends the night at Burgdorf. Next day he goes to Fraubrunnen, where he has breakfast, then to Solothurn, where it is market day and he buys an umbrella, because the weather is bad. He does not have much time to look round the city, because he has to catch a ferry later. He dines at The Lion along with the boat's crew, and brings his luggage aboard. While he is trying to catch his little dog, the boat leaves without him. Bräker tries to overtake it at its two next landings, but misses it. In despair he has a drink at Wangen and goes on to Aarwangen, where he dries his wet clothes and stays overnight.

On the 28th, early, Bräker continues on his way to Murgenthal, Aarburg and Olten. There he enquires for the ferry's captain, who restores his luggage with apologies. Bräker goes on to Aarau, where he again misses his friends and has to pay for lodging at The Wild Man.

On the 29th Bräker is at Kirchberg and visits Pastor Jakob Nüsperli, for whom he has a letter of introduction from Bern, and is kindly welcomed. He goes on via Biberstein, Auenstein, Wildenstein and Schinznach to Brugg. He finds that the town gates are shut for the night and he has to pay a toll to get admittance. Next day he delivers a letter to Pastor Jakob Emanuel Feer and stays a few hours in his house. He dines with "a good compatriot and neighbour, K."
(The notes identify him as probably Johann Jakob Kuenz, of Wattwil, now a cotton manufacturer in Brugg.)
In the afternoon he goes on to Baden. Having seen a group of naked beggars in the public bath (he compares them to Hogarth's pictures) he decides to order a private bath and bedroom at The Sun, sweats heavily, has a rest and feels better.

On 1st October Bräker travels via Wettingen, Dietikon, Schlieren and Altstetten to Zürich. He visits Füssli and the Rusterholz family at the Riedtli, where he lodges two nights. Next day (the 2nd) he fulfils some commissions and visits "the painter Füssli".
[This was probably not the

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