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Title: Germany
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924
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Publisher: London : Low
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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do other than look back withunmixed delight to a summer spent at Muggen-dorf, in the valley of the Wiesent, exploring itscaves, and ancient castles, and scenes of exquisitebeauty. Two rivers, as has already been stated, cut theirway through the limestone horseshoe, the Worlitz,and the Altmuhl. The latter, where it first piercesthe hills, passes Eichstadt, an ancient cathedralcity, founded by St. Wilibald, a missionary fromDevonshire. The town is dull, but the situation ispleasant. It formed the capital of a principalitywhich was bestowed by Napoleon on EugeneBeauharnais. 4. The Fichtel-Gebirge form the centre, theomphalos, of Germany, but in height and extentare hardly worthy of the position. They are,indeed, called the German Eden, but only becausefrom them issue the four streams of the Eger, theNaab, the Main and the Saal, that water the gardenof Mid-Germany. In the Fichtel-Gebirge, says aproverb, the bauer throws a stone at a cow, andthe stone is worth more than the cow. But if the
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THE MID-MOUNTAIN REGION. 105 mountains rolled gold and silver and preciousstones, it was in a time long passed, and the minesdo not now yield a profit. The gold occurs inminute grains, and the pearls and precious stonesare not of fine water. The Fichtel-Gebirge are com-posed of granite and basalt, driven through beds ofcrystalline slate. The Schneeberg attains theheight of 3420 feet, the Ochsenkopf, 3360 feet.Antimony, lead, and silver were formerly extractedfrom the mountains at Brandholz, but the minesare now exhausted. Only about 200 pearls areannually found in the Oelsnitz and neighbouringbrooks. The months for collecting them are Juneand July, and the pearl fishery is the property of theCrown. The Luchsberg, above Alexandersbad,near Wunsiedel, is of granite, but the beds are ofdifferent texture, some hard, others soft; the resultof the action of the weather on the softer granitehas been to completely disintegrate it, and this hasthrown down the superposed beds of hard rock.The mo

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