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plants which once adorned the district of (Eningen, and in the 

 varied fauna which filled the forests, the meadows, and the 

 waters with life. 



Very different is the picture if we now ascend from the quar- 

 ries of (Eningcn to the summit of the Schienerberg. We may 

 sit upon the ruins of the old Schrotzberg, and glance from our 

 wooded height over the fertile hill-country of the Thurgau, 

 where vineyards and orchards alternate with meadows and corn- 

 fields ; and beyond them we may gaze on the blue mirror of the 

 lake of Constance, environed towards the south by high moun- 

 tains, whilst to the north is a gently undulating plain, from 

 which rise the volcanic cones of the Hohgau. 



