THE EHINE AND THE MOSELLE. 



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Ehrenfels is the first of a series of castles, many of them in ruins, whicli 

 occupy every coin of vantage. E-heinstein, Falkenburg, Sooneck, Fiirstenberg, 

 and Stalileck occupy promontories on the left bank ; the Pfalz stands on a rock 

 in the middle of the river ; whilst Gutenfels, on the east, looks down from its 

 slate rock upon the town of Caub. Then appear Schonberg (Schomberg) and 



Fig. 110. — The Vi.neyards of the Iihine. 

 Aecording to Putzp'cr. 



Mean Temperature of Summer 



iiiiie District 



Rheiufels on the left bank, and the inimical castles of the "Cat" and the 

 " Mouse " frown at each other menacingly from two neighbouring hills. 

 Liebenstein, Sternfels, and Marxburg crown prominent summits lower down 

 the river. Stolzenfels rises proudly on a rock facing the mouth of the 

 Lahn. 



