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Notes and Tteflections during a Tour : — 



conceivable object that can be applied to the purpose of 

 ornament or decoration. The labour bestowed on some 

 tombs requires so much time, that it is commenced two or 

 three days beforehand, and protected while going on by a 

 temporary roof. During the whole of the night preceding 

 the 1st of November, the relations of the dead are occupied 

 in completing the decorations of the tombs ; and, during the 

 whole of All Saints' day and the day following, the cemetery 

 is visited by the entire population of Munich, including the 

 king and queen, who go there on foot, and many strangers 

 from all parts of the country. In 1828, when we were pre- 

 sent, it was estimated that 50,000 persons had walked round 

 the cemetery on that day ; the whole, with very few excep- 

 tions, dressed in black. On November 3., about mid-day, 

 the more valuable decorations are removed, and the remainder 

 left to decay from the effects of time and the weather. 



The garden of the general hospital at Munich (^. 110.) 



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