THE GEAND DUCELY OF LUXEMBURG. 



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Education is not compulsory, but the schools being supjaorted by rates, attend- 

 ance at them is almost universal. At Luxemburg there is a college, but young 

 men intended for professional life receive their training at the universities of 

 Germany, France, and Belgium. 



Most of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics, and some of the ceremonies 

 observed by them smack of the Middle Ages. Very curious is the " procession of 

 jumpers," which annually, on Whit-Tuesday, passes through the streets of 



Fig. 246. — Luxemburg. 

 Scale 1 : 20,000. 



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Echternach, with the alleged object of preventing the recurrence of the dancing 

 mania, said to have been common about the eighth century. 



Luxemburg, up to 18(j7, was a 'member of the German Confederation, and 

 still forms part of the Zollverein. It is divided into 3 districts (Luxemburg, 

 Diekirch, aaid Grevenmaclier), 12 cantons, and 129 communes. Each canton 

 has its justice of the peace. Courts of the first instance sit at Luxemburg and 

 Diekirch, and a Court of Appeal at Luxemburg. Criminal cases are dealt with by 

 a Court of Assize, without the co-operation of a jury. 



