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is merely a dependency of a royal palace, with streets intersecting each other at 

 right angles. Strauss, the author of the " Life of Jesus," was born there. There 

 are extensive barracks and other military establishments. The agricultural 

 academy of Hohenheim, to the south of Stuttgart, is perhaps the best institution of 

 that kind in Germany. 



The Neckar, in its upper course, flows past several towns of importance. 

 Rotticeil (4,596 inhabitants), with its turreted walls, is a town of salt works and 



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manufactories. Though situate on the northern slope of the Jura, this ancient 

 free city was for more than two centuries a member of the Swiss Confederation. 

 Passing Ilorh (2,043 inhabitants), near which Auerbach was born, and the 

 picturesque old town oî Rottenhurg (6,155 inhabitants), we reach Tubingen (10,450 

 inhabitants), the most curious city on the Upper Neckar. It owes its reputation 

 solely to its university, which is attended by over 1,000 students, many of whom 

 are no doubt quite as much attracted by the charms of the surrounding scenery 

 as by the reputation of tlie professors. Uhland was born at Tiibingen, and died 

 there. 



