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Notes of a Wanderer, in Search of Health, Through Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turckey Up the Danube, and Down the Rhine (Volume 2); In Two Volumes - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839. Excerpt: ... Cologne is the dirtiest town in Germany, or in the world, probably; the same remark may well be applied to the inn--Rheinberg by name--where I lodge. Both are a disgrace to the Prussian Empire. I spent the forenoon in sauntering through the town. The Cathedral, if completed, would be the finest Gothic edifice in Europe. The bridge of boats here is only 455 paces in breadth; at Mayence it is 605. To-morrow morning I descend to Rotterdam. The climate is mild, dry, and delightful; very different from that of Munich and Frankfort; if it continue for a fortnight or three weeks, the vintage may yet come to something. Holland--The Hague, October ".--Sailed from Cologne at seven A. M. on the 5th. Great crowd of passengers; as usual, the majority English. The day was showery, and the banks of the river were totally without interest. We reached Nimeguen, the first town on the Dutch frontier, at ten P. M. I was struck to find myself all of a sudden in a bed-room with carpet, four-post bed, curtains, &c. I had not been similarly lodged since quitting England. Yesterday morning we resumed our voyage, and reached Rotterdam at half-past two p. M. Set out Vol. Ii. E e immediately with Mr Palmer, for the Hague. The distance is fourteen miles, and the travelling excellent. There were four seats in the diligence, but only one compartment, holding comfortably twelve persons. The horses, three in number, were harnessed abreast. Singular country! A dead level, intersected by canals in every direction. On either side of the road are immense meadows, greener than emerald, divided by long straight ditches, fed from a canal the surface of which is several feet above the level of the road. The ditches supply the place of fences, and are also sources of irrigation. Numbers of black ...
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