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a restaurant ! Near Goslar are the silver and other mines of the Ramraelsberg, 

 which annually yield above £300,000 worth of ore. On a neighbouring hill may 

 be seen the ruins of the Harzburg, an old castle of the Emperor Henry lY., who 

 went to Canossa. An obelisk is to be erected on the site in honour of Prince 

 Bismarck, as not being likely to go there. 



Fig. 151. — Clatjsthal. 

 Scale 1 : 200,000. 



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5 Miles. 



The Basin of the Main. — The small states of Thuringia hold little territory 

 in the basin of the Main, but within it lies Cohurg (14,567 inhabitants), one 

 of the principal towns, commanded by an old fortress, the Veste Cohurg (1,500 

 feet). A large collection of works of art has been placed in this citadel and in 

 the neighbouring castle of Ehrenburg. The ducal family of Coburg, as is well 



