. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. steam ashore forsteam afloat, and continue his tour by boat instead of Aix to Cologne is but forty English miles; andwhat is that now-a-days ? Little more than two hoursjourney; but then those two hours carry the Travellerinto a different country. Belgium is French in its con-versation and modes; aye, even in Aix-la-Chapelle youmay feel yourself in France, though the frontier was passed to reach it, andthough the Prussian holds sway there. But when the baths are left behind,the Tourist finds himself in another land.
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. steam ashore forsteam afloat, and continue his tour by boat instead of Aix to Cologne is but forty English miles; andwhat is that now-a-days ? Little more than two hoursjourney; but then those two hours carry the Travellerinto a different country. Belgium is French in its con-versation and modes; aye, even in Aix-la-Chapelle youmay feel yourself in France, though the frontier was passed to reach it, andthough the Prussian holds sway there. But when the baths are left behind,the Tourist finds himself in another land. With more speed than theBelgian lines display, he finds that steam is tugging him into language, the manners, and the costumes are changing. A fine, though momentary, view of Borcette is had from the steam-carriage ; andin a few minutes is seen on the left the Castle of Frankenburg, with its modernadditions to the ivy-clad ruin of Charlemagnes edifice. Just before entering theTunnel of Nirm, the village of that name is seen on the right. Cambach Mill. 84 THE RHINE BOOK. affords a station: and, on starting again, we quickly pass the busy town of Stol-berg (on the right), surrounded by its coal-field ; the village of Pumpe, with itsiron-works (on the left) ; and then, through a curved tunnel, to Eschweiler station,where the old castle is being restored. The four round towers of Nothberg nextattract attention, and then a deep cutting leads us to the station of castle and village of Merode (on the right) soon succeed; and then Diiren,where Charles the Fifth was nearly killed whilst besieging the place ; next, a three-miles-long cutting through the high lands that separate the basins of the Meuseand of the Rhine. The stations of Biiir and Horm next succeed, with the castleof Frenz, and the mile-long tunnel of Konigsdorf—the longest in Germany; thenthe stations of Konigsdorf and Mungersdorf, and then the first view of by the walls, and pas
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