Just before starting, three gentlemen entered. He seemed pleased, and with true German kindness said he would see that the driver left me at the right place. The idea of one from America being there bound on a pilgrimage to the grave of Beethoven, interested them exceedingly. The path which leads to the monuments I sought is the outer one of the left side of the enclosure on entering. The monument, about eleven feet in height, is placed against the wall of the enclosure, and is supported by a few course of brick built up from the tope of the wall.
Nothing can be more simple.
A pedestal inscribed with the name merely, from which rises a modest obelisk, adorned with a harp, surmounted by a blazing sun, and, near the top, with the serpent emblem of eternity, enclosing a butterfly.