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the greatest variety of resources. The company, 

 being composed of people of all ranks, of all nations, 

 religions and professions, every one chooses what 

 is more analogous to himself, rather than to seek 

 equality, as impracticable at Carlsbad as any where 

 else. It is out of the plan of this compendium to 

 describe the numerous places which offer agreable 

 excursions. Those who do not bring their own horses 

 and carriages, find here caleches, few saddle-horses, 

 and donkeys. Carlsbad, being nothing more than a 

 most elegant hospital , is by no means a place of 

 dissipation. The amusements are of a quiet and 

 moderate kind 5 the necessary early hours for atten- 

 ding the wells in the morning prevent late ones at 

 night; the strict prohibition of hazard - games 5 the 

 obligation of submitting to a sober diet, and of taking 

 much bodily exercise, have introduced very regular 

 habits into society , and more than one gastronome 

 and hard drinker has began at Carlsbad to understand 

 the incalculable advantages of sobriety and temperance. 

 We have already mentioned the external and in- 

 ternal cleanliness of the houses, some of which are 

 very small, others large enough for the accommo- 

 dation of numerous families. The most elegant are 

 on the Wiese and on the Market- Place , and more 

 expensive than those situated in the higher and more 

 remote streets. In most houses the beds are good, 

 at least as good as in any part of Germany , though 

 many tall visitors wish them longer, and the cover- 

 lids broader. The price of lodgings varies with their 



