Journal of a tour made in the years 1828-1829, through Styria, Carniola, and Italy, whilst accompanying the late Sir Humphry Davy . ong-ing to Bavaria. To the right, the view of thesnowy Watzmann, and the nearer and finelywooded mountains was exceedingly Hallein two enormous brown rocks riseout of the woods, bearing a very striking resem-blance to artificial walls. Hallein is a dirtytown, celebrated only for its extensive saltmines. The scenery between it and Gollingis fine, but cannot be compared with that be-yond Golling. At this latter place we stoppedfor two or three hours,
Journal of a tour made in the years 1828-1829, through Styria, Carniola, and Italy, whilst accompanying the late Sir Humphry Davy . ong-ing to Bavaria. To the right, the view of thesnowy Watzmann, and the nearer and finelywooded mountains was exceedingly Hallein two enormous brown rocks riseout of the woods, bearing a very striking resem-blance to artificial walls. Hallein is a dirtytown, celebrated only for its extensive saltmines. The scenery between it and Gollingis fine, but cannot be compared with that be-yond Golling. At this latter place we stoppedfor two or three hours, and whilst Sir Humphrytook his dinner, I went to see the Falls of theSchwartzbach, about two miles distant. Aftercrossing the Salza, I came in about half an hourto the first or lower fall, where, in the very midstof dark pines, some of which seemed even togrow out of the falling water, the Schicartz-bach, or dark stream, dashes over the rocks, anddivides itself into two branches, one of whichmakes but one single leap to the pool below,whilst the other descends in innumerable smallcascatelles, and the black rocks, peeping here. IFA LHJS 4 lib *§ PHWAMMBAriHl FALLS OF THE SCHWARTZBACH. 129 and there through the white and curling foam,give a very beautiful effect to this part of thescene. I then ascended with my young guide,a little boy whom I had taken with me fromGolling, to the upper fall, of which nothing isvisible from below but the rising spray, and thebeautiful iris playing upon it. The pathwayleads immediately to the front of this fall, which,in point of singularity of situation, is perhapsunrivalled. At this spot the rocks form a wide and mas-sive arch, on which the tall pines and other treesstand firmly rooted. Beneath this arch, rudeblocks are tumbled one upon another in wildconfusion, through which the water of the upperfall forces its way to the lower one. Above thearch which nature has thus formed, a slightwooden bridge is built, so that two openingsare thus formed,
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