Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II THE WEERA " Oi) yap Itu Tts ??)5? iraptfKaae piv y TIfíéwv."—Odyssey. Meiningen—The start—First camp—Wading for four hours in the dark—Wernshausen—Spring a bad leak—Camp at Salzungen—Trespassing—Vacha—Camp near Philippsthal—Swampy camp at Berka—Herleshausen—Transformation scene in the train—Visit to the Wartburg—Beautiful scenery near Falken — Inn at Falken—Wanfried—Accident in mill-stream— Eschwege, first lock—Allendorf—Lindewerra—Old scenes— Witzenhausen—Cherry country—Münden. Meiningen, the largest town on the Werra, with a population of 10,000 inhabitants, is pleasantly situated in the midst of wooded heights at the head of a small plain into which the valley of the Werra here widens out. Its chief attractions are the Ducal Theatre, the park, called the English Garden, and the picture gallery in the palace of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Its name is probably best known in England through the famous performances of Shakespearian plays by its theatrical company. The Werra rises near Eisfeld, to the south of theThuringian Forest, thirty-five miles above Meiningen, its total length to Münden, where it is joined by the Fulda, being about one hundred and sixty miles. Forming, as it does, the western boundary of the Thuringian Forest, the scenery of its banks is almost uniformly pretty, and rises to a high degree of beauty in the regions of Falken, Treffurt, and Münden. This river is best adapted for a camping voyage, as there are but very few places on its banks where it would be possible to obtain any but the most primitive accommodation. There are twenty - one obstructions in the shape of mills, but these can be got over, as will be seen further on, with much less difficulty than the impediments on the upper courses of the Neckar, the Main, or the D... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.