After Waterloo: Reminiscences Of European Travel 1815-1819, By Major W. E Frye













































































































 -  The tolling of the
bells at the different villages on the banks gives a most aweful solemn
religious sound, and - Page 75
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The Tolling Of The Bells At The Different Villages On The Banks Gives A Most Aweful Solemn Religious Sound, And The Reverberation Is Prolonged By The High Rocks, Which Seem To Shut You Out From The Rest Of The World.

There are the walls nearly entire of two castles of the Middle Ages, the one called "Die Katze" (the

Cat); the other "Die Maus" (the Mouse); each has its tradition, for which and for many other interesting particulars I refer you to Klebe's and Schreiber's description of the banks of the Rhine.

We arrived early in the evening at St Goar, where we stopped and slept. St Goar is a fine old Gothic town, romantically situated, and is famous from having two whirlpools in its neighbourhood. It is completely commanded and protected by Rheinfels, an ancient hill fortress, but the fortification of which no longer exist. It requires half an hour's walk to ascend to the summit of Rheinfels, but the traveller is well repaid for the fatigue of the ascent by the fine view enjoyed from the top. I remained at Rheinfels nearly an hour. What a solemn stillness seems to pervade this part of the river, only interrupted by the occasional splash of the oar, and the tolling of the steeple bell! Bingen on the right bank is the next place of interest, and on an island in the centre of the river facing Bingen stand the ruins of a celebrated tower call'd the "Mauesethurm" (mouse tower), so named from the circumstance of Bishop Hatto having been devoured therein by rats according to the tradition.

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