. Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere. tfavourite trysting-places; in one village a little countryfair was being held, the entertainments at which wererestricted to beer, or very sweet strong coffee, sold at theWirthshaus near by ; but there were three stalls withcrockery and hardware, and leather harness, bright silkhandkerchiefs, and long straw cords, plaited and twistedin some neighbouring district. We patronised the Hutteto the extent of some cords, and a few feathers witheagles beaks, set in Tyrol fashion. There was a crowdof old men standing about smoking and talking, but thestrength of the
. Pictures in Tyrol and elsewhere. tfavourite trysting-places; in one village a little countryfair was being held, the entertainments at which wererestricted to beer, or very sweet strong coffee, sold at theWirthshaus near by ; but there were three stalls withcrockery and hardware, and leather harness, bright silkhandkerchiefs, and long straw cords, plaited and twistedin some neighbouring district. We patronised the Hutteto the extent of some cords, and a few feathers witheagles beaks, set in Tyrol fashion. There was a crowdof old men standing about smoking and talking, but thestrength of the nation had been carried off to the wars,the conscription telling heavily in these thinly-populateddistricts. Once more we slept in a country inn, where, however,the Wirthin was to the fore. A brisk, pleasant woman,who managed her household with spirit and good temper,gave us good homespun linen and a capital supper,prepared by one or two cooks in a great vaulted kitchen,whom we watched at their work, as they stood round a IIP JmP^.
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