. Luxembourg; the grand duchy and its people . ill hear the music of twdstreams which rise on the wooded slope and jointogether to sport down the rocky gallery calledPonteschgrund. Not all the explorations recordedin the last chapter have exhausted the toll of theattractions of this picturesque borderland, and thenarrow way of the Ponteschgrund, hemmed in bytrees, decked by Flora, cut by a singing rivulet andwith rocks thrown about in most fascinating dis-order, is one of the longest in the district. It takesa good half-hour to pass through this gorge wherethe gods rioted. At the end is Scheid
. Luxembourg; the grand duchy and its people . ill hear the music of twdstreams which rise on the wooded slope and jointogether to sport down the rocky gallery calledPonteschgrund. Not all the explorations recordedin the last chapter have exhausted the toll of theattractions of this picturesque borderland, and thenarrow way of the Ponteschgrund, hemmed in bytrees, decked by Flora, cut by a singing rivulet andwith rocks thrown about in most fascinating dis-order, is one of the longest in the district. It takesa good half-hour to pass through this gorge wherethe gods rioted. At the end is Scheidgen once more—a village loosely scattered along the Echternach-Consdorf road and that from Michelshof. Scheidgensrailway station stands some little way distant, asis often the case with station and village in thispart of the country. And the name given to thestopping-places varies curiously. Echternach, ofcourse, has a full-blown gare ; Consdorf laysclaim to a station ; while the inhabitant ofScheidgen, wishing to travel, goes to the ACROSS COUNTRY TO MERSCH 171 Wc have now reached the delightful route deConsdorf, and along it the village of the name isquickly reached. It is a most straggling place,spreading from the railway station for about a milealong a maze of intersecting roads. Usually forvisitors to the Miillerthal region it is the centre, andthat is just why I have led you through the littleSwitzerland of Luxembourg without visiting thevillage. It will be seen at a glance that Consdorflooks for a good few people to come its way. Atleast I counted no fewer than ten inns and cafes.,Nine seem to have exhausted all the names thedear, simple villagers could think of, and with thetenth they had to start using them over again. Anobliging wayfarer had recommended the Nuss-baum to me as a place of refreshment, and when,in the village, I inquired where it was, I was askedwhich of the two Nut Trees I particularlydesired ! More years ago than I care to countI first became
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