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railway journey brought us to Feltre, the terminus of the 
railway, and a carriage drive of fifteen miles connects us 
again with the railway at Tezze, where a forty miles railway 
journey through historical and romantic country brings us 
to Trent. We had no conception of the beauty of Trent 
previous to our visit. It is situated in a fruitful valley, 
sheltered by snow-clad mountains, with luxuriant public 
gardens, numerous palaces, wide streets and boulevards 
well planted with trees and shrubs. It is quite Italian in 
appearance and the people speak principally Italian. To 
us the principal point of interest was, of course, the church 
where the famous Council of Trent sat. This is not the 
Cathedral but the Church of St. Marie Maggiore, a simple 
fifteenth century church, and it possesses a large picture 
containing portraits of the members of the famous Council. 
At Trent we are on the main line from Italy to the north 
and very quickly make the journey, about thirty-five miles, 
to Botzen, the capital of the Southern Tyrol. We found 
Botzen a delightful medieval town, full of colour, life, and 
old art. From Botzen the best view can be obtained of the 
famous Rosengarten group and on several evenings we had 
this marvellous sight to perfection. The surroundings of 
Botzen are as charming as the city, and an excursion by a 
mountain railway to the Summit of the Mendel Pass, com- 
manding fine views of the Ortler Group, will linger long in 
our memory. From Botzen the railway passes through one 
of the finest gorges in the Tyrol, the gorge of Kuntersweg, to 
Innsbruck. 
We left the Tyrol feeling we had only had glimpses of 
some of its beauties, that there were districts we had not 
touched, quite as worthy of visiting as those we had seen, 
such as the beautiful valley around the Rarer Sea, the Fal- 
zerego Pass, Meran, San Martino, Primiero, the famous 
Marmarola range of mountains, all having a fascination of 
their own. Whilst it is possible to travel through the 
Tyrol from north to south in a long summer day, yet to 
enjoy the beauties of its scenery, to see something of the 
people, and to learn something of their character and history, 
it will repay sufficient time to take it in easy stages, and 
there are good hotels at all the chief places of interest, which 
greatly adds to the enjoyment of the tourist. 
Our return journey from Innsbruck was made by Munich, 
Nuremberg, the Rhine and Brussels, which gave interesting 
variety from our outward journey. 
