CHAPTER XXVII. 



A CHAPTER ABOUT SCHNADAHUPFLN* 



IN the highlands of Bavaria, as is the case in all moun- 

 tainous districts, the customs and amusements of the 

 inhabitants are as different from those who dwell in the 

 plain, as the pursuits and mode of life of the latter are 

 different from those of the mountaineer. Separated, 

 except by occasional intercourse, for many months in 

 the year from the world below them, the herdsmen 

 must be content with pleasures simple in theftiselves 

 and easy of attainment. Hence that peculiar song, 

 "Jodeln," with which the lonely milk-maid of the 

 chalet, the woodcutter, or the peasant-boy " drives the 

 lagging hours along/ 5 and breaks the awful silence of 

 mountain solitude. As soon however as a few men 

 and lassies are assembled, they have not to seek long 

 for amusement. Then begins the merry dance, pecu- 

 liar to these people, mingled with song ; and should 

 the number be too small to afford them this their fa- 



* Though these remarks have already appeared in print, they 

 will not, I think, be found out of place here. 



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