. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. BRIDGE OVER THE NAHE, NEAR BIN GEN. Near the Mouse Tower, the river Nahe falls into the Rhine ; near it also is the I. 166 THE RHINE BOOK. Bingenloch, where the stream has been deepened, — a fact recorded on a smallobelisk seen upon the shore. Bingen is a place to stop at for a day or more. Its environs are full of beauty,and the town itself has many points worthy of attention. On the summit of ahill stands the chapel of St. Rock, a spot visited on the 16th of August, the dayof that saint, by thousands of pilgrims. Goethe has
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. BRIDGE OVER THE NAHE, NEAR BIN GEN. Near the Mouse Tower, the river Nahe falls into the Rhine ; near it also is the I. 166 THE RHINE BOOK. Bingenloch, where the stream has been deepened, — a fact recorded on a smallobelisk seen upon the shore. Bingen is a place to stop at for a day or more. Its environs are full of beauty,and the town itself has many points worthy of attention. On the summit of ahill stands the chapel of St. Rock, a spot visited on the 16th of August, the dayof that saint, by thousands of pilgrims. Goethe has described the scene presentedon that day, and in memory of his visit to the town presented to the chapel thealtar-piece that now adorns it. It is very evident, says Dr. Schreiber, thatthe ridge of mountains near Bingen was formerly obstructed by rocks, whichopposed a sort of dyke to the waters of the Rhine, and gave rise to the formationof an extensive lake between Ladenburg, Spire, Mannheim, Mayence, G-rossgerau,and Pfungstadt. This mass of water having risen over the dyke fell with im-petuosity to the bottom of the precipice, and it was not till after many ages thatthe river
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