Heath of Lueneberg. 



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or other openings in the heather. The bright green shoots and 

 rather large leaves rise several inches in height and the plants 

 bear an abundance of fruit. 



Presently we approached and entered a beautiful mixed 

 forest with pines and spruces predominating. Here the kron- 

 beere flourishes also, like wintergreen or arbutus under our 

 northern pines. Not long since a high wind had over-turned a 

 number of trees, many of the trunks of which were still lying or 

 leaning where they had fallen . Doubtless with the coming winter 



I'i^. 4. Prehistoric grave — Siebensteinhaueser, near Fallingbostel. 



these dead trunks would all be removed and used for fuel or 

 other purposes. The value of the forest—probably originally 

 planted but now having all the appearance of a natural one- 

 was evidenced by the progress that had already been made in 

 dealing away the debris from this storm, also by the placarded 

 notices near the forest margin, calling attention to the danger 

 from fire and to the laws which make it criminal to light a fire, 

 or even to burn tobacco or carry a lighted cigar, within the 

 limits of the forest. This forest is communal, owned jointly by 

 the farm-holders of the neighborhood. 



From the forest margin the road proceeds among somewhat 

 scattered farms, where cattle and bees seem very important — 



