Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-06-03

VIEWS Aroor IN UPPER BAVARIA.
BERcHrEsaARDEs, April II, 1866

the scenery soon became Deautilul. we nuu
fiue day, bright, clear, and warm as june and
we enjoyed it thoroughly. At 2 O'Clock we
reached Rosenhcim, where the Innsbruck road
over the Brenncr Pass diverges. Here such of
our travelling companions as wcro goirg to We
rsna left us. Then on again, passing the Chem
See, q pretty little lake, at the upper end of
which is situated the ruin of the Castle of Heinz
Won Stein, the old German Blue Beard, of whom
tradition tells so many horrors. At o'clock we
arrived at Fraunsteiu, our destination, and the
beginning of our second pedestrian excursion.
As we did in Saxon Switzerland, we have sent on
our luggage to Sazburg, to await our arrival,
only taking with us what we could carry COM
for.ably. Neither omnibus nor carriage was to be
had at the station, so we were obliged to hunt up
our hotel, which we finally succeeded in doing,
and were ensconced at the Goldenessc Hirsh. We
had stroll in the cnvirons during the remainder
of daylight and retired early to prepare ourselves
for the fatigue Of the morrow.
APRIL 13.-Wc were up and breakfast finished
at 7.30, when we set off on our road. As far as
Inzell, u little more than half way, our path led
over level ground, little scenery and very sunny.
DR.. s. put up his umbrella.
At Inzcll, which VIC reached at noon, We had
some good beer of which, by the by, have be-
come very fond and quite German In that re-
spect. After our rest, we started on again,
refreshed, up the valley behind 1nzell. Its
entrance Is guarded on each side by q mass OF
rock (each nearly large enough to be called a
mountain) which stand like scnlrics on either
side. To the right the kienberg, to the left the
Falkensein. They form an appropriate intro
duction to the beautiful valley they guard.
have seldom seen more lovely succession OF
landscapes than we had preseRtcd to us. There
was Que point of special beauty, about mile
before the summit oil the Pass was reached, where
poor little Inn stands SOLITARY and alone"
The view from 1t is superb, resembling somewhat
- Ill. A..I.. rgt 1aa
took us to the Thum See,a little lake In the valley
| just above Richenhall. Another descent and the
broad smiling valley of Richenhall opened before
| us. On our left the Karlstein crowned with q
| picturesque ruin, and church-"St. Pankraz. :"
| In the distance the snow-covered peaks OF the
Stauffenberg, directly In front the peaks OF the
| Salzkammergut, and on the right the majestic
forms OF the Untersberg. and Latten Gebirgc.
Richenhall is quite "a place" We were sur
| prised to find sidewalks hnd gas lighted streets
| when We entered the town.
| 1t seems, however, that the salt-works, of which
this is the main depot, are responsible for this.
| Their buildings, situated In the town, are very
handsome and tasteful. We inquired our way to
| the Krone Hotel, where we unslung our KNAPP
sacks at O'Clock, 9ll hours, including all stop
pages for little over % miles walk, half of il
being n mountain pass. Not bad, we thought,
| for the first day! We had good appetite for
satisfy it and clean comfortable beds to repcse
cur weary limbs on, afterwards.
APRIL live were little lazy, not setting
| off till $3.50. most lovely day, not so warm us
the day before. cloudless except the lew patches
| that clung to the mountain side We started up
the valley lying between the Lattenbcrg and Null
lerhorn at the lower part Of it, we passed o
beautiful waterfall, which my friend Baedekei
does not mention. We ascertaned from pass.
| ing peasant that II was called " The Staub,
though not hafso beautiful as its Swiss namesake
The path was steep ascent at first through tlis
and pines, but they soon became less frequent
and gave us n better chance TO see the magnt
cent scenery around, or more properly, above us
During our whole walk from Trauntstcin, We
followed the pipes which bring the brine from
the salt mines ut Berchiesgardcn, first to Richen
hall and then TO Traunlsten. They are upwards
of forty miles In length.
O'Clock, VIC found nice little inn very pictur
esquely situated on the hillside. Here we mad(
u halt, and as usual, had some beer. VIII no
say how much There were two old women, 0
young girl and two boys belonging to the houst
nice, clean people, and very social aud plea
SAINT. We cllatted with them as we sat bcfor,
the door, and then crossing TO the opposite sid,
of the road made sketch Of the house on blanl
leaves In our guide book. Since then we havl
gone "sketching mad, have provided oursclye
with books, pencils, ETC., and work away i''
mously.
We could hardly take prizes yet but 1t give
us pleasure and may give you some idea of wha
we have seen. 'The best friends must part, Sc
we tore ourselves away from our beer, our com
Portable seats and pleasant hosts We shool
hands all round, including the dog. We wer
the first American or English who had stoppe,
there, they told us, but they often saw Russiau
and Germans.
Down a descent to Ramsan bright little vii
lcge. beautiful retrospect Of the Reilalm Geblrg
from here, aud also our first view of the Watz
| mann above Berchtes garden.
We reached the latter place at O'Clock aite
pleasant stroll, rather than walk IRON kamsar
enjoying the beauty of the constantly. changln
landscape ut every step. twenty miles III q
} hours, including two hours at Sehwanzbachnachl
and other stops on the road Here we came
the "Lcnthaus" where we were very comiortabl
situated. After dinner we went to the rcstat
rateur below for our beer. While sitting ther
the landlady, fat, jolly old woman, quite
, | typical hostess, came up 10 have chat with III
We rakcd up our 'patt Deutsch" and got on it
time quite well, but at length we stuck over
| hard word that neither ol us knew, when, 10 OF
, astonishmcnt, voice in very good Englis
translated for u.s. 1t proved to be the daughtcl
in-law of the landlady, ladylike little persoi
wlo had, she told us, learned English at an II
, stitute here, never having been out of Berchtt
garden except on her wedding tour TO Nicnn
In October last. Hearing her make Frenc
quotation TO her husband we tried her ON tina
G and found she spoke like q native. It is real
wonderful how these Germans pick up Language
perhaps not SO very surprising after all wht
| we reflect on their own tongue, Tor l hrmly b
lievc ii one can speak German they may zeal
anything under the sun.
+; ArRiI 15th.-Another lovely day, and we we
) off betimes for an excursion to the konig See,
:. lake four or five miles south of Berchtesgarde
At 1880 we reached the upper end Of the lax
Z and while our boat was being got ready for
d took sketch of it from the piazza Of the in
= Our vessel was q curiously shaped affair, II
I, bottom with seats for two amidships, the DO
projecting high above the water. Our crew b
, hind us, fine stalwart fellow, and pretty pc
- SAINT girl, who fcathered her oar so gracefully j
| quite won our hearts. One sat and pulled, Il
y other stood and pushed, and of We went. Roun
u ing a little wooded point, the fal beauty OF q
scene burst ON us at once IL Is certainly Y
loyeliest body of water ever saw. Combine q
best points of Lakes Como, Lucerne and Char
/ plain, and you get some idea OF it, The water
II of peculiar dark green color, unlike any ha
a seen (nost of the European lakes being pa
: green or blue) perfectly transparent and reiet
II ing on its CLASSY surface the majestic mountai
It which tower around, most of them rising to
r. accessible nights from the waters edge. she
N distance down the lake, picturesque wateri'
" came tumbling down the face of the rock on o
l. right-thc Konigsbach. A little further the ro
% ers paused aud the man with a feroclous exprt
# sion of counterance produced huge hor
. pistol, some two feet In length, which he pr
al cecded to load with great deal of powder Al
'e hammer This preliminary over, he rails
10 it, with both hands above his head, shut
eyes, and let fly! There was a loud
port and the next moment whole broadsldc
q artillery seemed to be discharged from the cl
I
"a for minutes until at last 1t died away like
~ faint rumbling of distant thunder among I
" snowy peaks around us He repeated it, wi
r, the same effect but this time we saw an ayaanc
n or two come rolling down the distant sidcS OF
y Watzmann and quantities of stones came he
.; ping down the cliffs into the lake. Taking
lis the oars again we ran along TO hssure in
v rocks where our crew pushed the boat ashore a
:, told us this was the " Kesselbach," so out
'u jumped and up tho gorge and very go,9e-o
u. place it was. After a few minutes uphill wol
u we came to narrow cleft in the rock, along
II. side of which narrow path, guarded by ra
Ing, leads to the fall. 1t resembles both
ei Hnndeck and the Slaubbach. The main fall
ty the end being much like the Handeck, (and HI
lis let me say the Handeck is, in my opinion,
most over praised bit of natural scenery kn'
or while another smaller one which falls fft
lst the side, farther down, Is very like the Stal
Int bach, light, misty veil OF water, waving To a
"A fro with every breath of wind. We were. "
~, -, moistened with spray, and did not linger lol
H- Coming down we stopped to sketch deser
Tor hermitage that stood by the path. We had, Il
ci- from here, charming glimpse of the lake
s, tho snowy peaks OF the Watzmann throu
''' the trees. Back TO the boat and on again 10
foot OF the lake, the Salet Alp, six miles fr
CIV our starting place. landing we crossed
-, Alp. half mile walk to the Obcr See. wild 6
MI and dcsolatc looking lake half a mile long.
az chalet on the opposite shore was the only 9