. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. he Meuse and the Nethe, and thus with the Scheldt. Its watersfurnish capital salmon, which, when taken on their passage up the stream, arecalled Lachse; when caught in autumn, on their way down the river to the sea,are known as salmon. It affords also sturgeon, pike, carp, and- lampreys. Itsenormous rafts of timber have often been described, and should be seen to beappreciated. They often carry half a village of people, and are sold for many 88 THE RHINE BOOK. thousands of pounds. In summer, when the Tourist visits the river,
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. he Meuse and the Nethe, and thus with the Scheldt. Its watersfurnish capital salmon, which, when taken on their passage up the stream, arecalled Lachse; when caught in autumn, on their way down the river to the sea,are known as salmon. It affords also sturgeon, pike, carp, and- lampreys. Itsenormous rafts of timber have often been described, and should be seen to beappreciated. They often carry half a village of people, and are sold for many 88 THE RHINE BOOK. thousands of pounds. In summer, when the Tourist visits the river, its courseis comparatively calm and orderly: it is only in spring, when the snows meltrapidly in Switzerland, that Father Rhine is to be beheld in his might; forthen the waters often rise a dozen feet above their common level. The current isthus greatly increased beyond its ordinary rate of three and a half miles an depth from Basle to Strasbourg averages ten to twelve feet; at Mayence,twenty-four feet; at Dusseldorf, fifty feet. THE WES OF THE RHINE. 89.
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