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the famous salt-mine, which we explored ; and later 

 in the afternoon we joined a party from Ischl, and 

 strolled up a beautiful valley to the Waldbach- 

 strub Cascade, which is caused by a mountain 

 torrent in two distinct streams, one gushing out of 

 a cleft, and the other dashing over the face of a 

 rock, falling from a height of about three hundred 

 feet. 



After dinner, several guides, hearing of our 

 intention of making a trip to the mountain, pre- 

 sented themselves ; but at the solicitation of our 

 Kellnerinn, a buxom-looking damsel, who did not 

 scruple to show herself passionnee for my handsome 

 companion, we engaged a very intelligent and 

 likely-looking young fellow named Karl, as our 

 guide, and his cousins, Hans and Heinrich, to carry 

 our baggage. They did not belong to Hallstadt, 

 but lived in a chalet near the Tannen Gibirge, a 

 high mountain between the Dachstein Range and 

 Berchtesgaden. 



After an early breakfast, accompanied to the 

 pier by our host, who wished us IVaidmann' s Heil 

 (good sport), we left Hallstadt by boat, and landed 



