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panions, not doubting that, as we hoped to 

 reach the Lake of Chiem the same day, we 

 should come across them the day following 

 on one of its pretty islands. But in the after- 

 noon the weather changed, and we were forced 

 to seek shelter from torrents of rain at Rosen- 

 heim, a charming town on the banks of the 

 Inn, where I saw for the first time this river 

 of Helvetic origin. I saluted it as a country- 

 man of mine, and wished I could change its 

 course and send it back laden with my greet- 

 ings. The next day Mahir drove us as far 

 as the shore of the lake. There we parted 

 from him, and took a boat to the islands, 

 where we were much disappointed not to find 

 Braun and his companions. We thought the 

 bad weather of the day before (for here it 

 had rained all day) might have obliged them 

 to make the circuit of the lake. However, in 

 order to overtake them before reaching Salz- 

 burg, we kept our boatmen, and were rowed 

 across to the opposite shore near Grabenstadt, 

 where we arrived at ten o'clock in the even- 

 ing. In the afternoon the weather had cleared 

 a little, and the ^dew was beautiful as we 

 pulled away from the islands and watched 

 them fade in the twilight. I also gathered 

 much interesting information about the in- 



