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Moselle, they were quaint and old fashioned, and were studded 

 at intervals of two or three miles around the Marienburg. To 

 realise the beauty of the scene it was necessary to remember 

 that everything was flooded with rich sun-light, which brought 

 out the colours in all their variety and beauty. Eeturning to 

 BuUay for the luggage the nest wandering of the party was to a 

 most interesting little watering place, built in the bed of an 

 ancient volcano, six miles up the valley behind Alf. This place 

 was called Bad Bertrich and was not so well known as it ought 

 to be considering its attractions. The road was an excellent 

 carriage drive, and had been made by the German Government 

 for military purposes, and also for the accommodation of visitors 

 to Bad Bertrich. It was difficult to describe the beauty of this 

 road, because the scenery was so varied and attractive. Two 

 things were very evident, viz. that the surroundings were 

 naturally extremely picturesque, and that the most had been 

 made of this natural beauty by human skill. Turning the last 

 corner of the road they saw Bad Bertrich itself and certainly it 

 was a most curious place. That it was really built in the centre 

 of an extinct volcano was very evident because it looked like a 

 few houses standing at the bottom of a huge funnel. The crater 

 would look more imposing if it had been perfect in its whole 

 circumference, but there was a break on its south-eastern side 

 caused by the contents of the volcano being shot out in that 

 direction. The little town or village as it might be called had 

 nothing especially picturesque about it so far as the houses were 

 concerned. The Curhaus of Bad Bertrich was a neat but un- 

 pretentious building evidently built upwards of 100 years ago. 

 The baths themselves were much older and looked as though 

 they had been used for three or four centuries without under- 

 going any alteration. Indeed, judging by the antique appear- 

 ance they might have existed since the time of the Eomans, 

 who first made such baths. No charge was made for the water 

 which was drunk out of glasses, and each visitor might have an 

 unlimited supply. To EngUsh geologists the waters of Bad 

 Bertrich were especially interesting, because Lyell was of 

 opinion that the English mineral waters of Bath might really 

 have some communication with the volcano of Bad Bertrich. 

 The next days wandering was to the Falkenlei and the volcanic 

 Eifel bordering the Moselle. Falkenlei was a lofty liill, composed 

 of lava, slag, cinder, ashes, which had evidently been poured out 

 of the volcano at some other place and run down upon this spot. 

 Geologists were of opinion that this huge hill was really the 

 contents of the mighty crater of Bad Bertrich. After describing 

 the road leading to the Falkenlei, and the rare plants and 

 insects found on the sides of the hills the doctor said that the 

 scene on the top of the Falkenlei was very surprising to those 



