Copy 1, Volume 1

Journal of a residence in Germany, written during a professional attendance on Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, (Their Most Gracious Majesties) during their visits to the courts of that country in 1822, 1825 & 1826 / By William Beattie.

  • William Beattie
Date:
1831
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Credit: Journal of a residence in Germany, written during a professional attendance on Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, (Their Most Gracious Majesties) during their visits to the courts of that country in 1822, 1825 & 1826 / By William Beattie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    brook, by which it is traversed in a thousand fan- tastic meanders. We are here so completely overtopped by the pine forest, that the sun takes leave at five o’clock ; and if we would lengthen our days, we must follow him to the mountains. ‘The long delight- ful twilight that succeeds is a very agreeable sub- stitute for the broad day; and to this circumstance Deinach owes much of its peculiar attraction during the sultry months. There is always a fresh current of air, with abundance and depth of shade at hand. Hercynia.— This immense forest has been partially cut down in many places, and tracts of rich arable, towns and principalities have replaced it. The extensive portions of it which remain, are divided into the distinctive appel- lations of Harzwald, Bohmerwald, Thuringenwald, and the Schwarzwald, or Black Forest, where I now write. In this highly romantic and beautiful recess, the Queen Dowager of Wurtemberg has for many years fixed her summer residence. From many local circumstances, and the benefit she has so often derived from the periodical use of its waters, x 4
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