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Excerpt from The Letters of Charlotte Brinckerhoff Bronson: Written, During Her Wedding Journey in Europe in 1838 With Her Husband Frederic Bronson and His Niece Caroline Murray, to Her Mother Mrs. James L. Brinckerhoff
Left Cologne this morning at 7, and found the weather very de lightful and warm. We go however very slow, and will not finish our journey till 6. We again enjoyed all the glories of this noble river; among other beautiful Castles we past that of Rheineck, which is not only remarkable for its picturesque beauty but also for its an tiquity. One of the curiosities to be marked is the number of rafts for conveying timber down the Rhine, these were formerly 900 feet long, and required 6 or 7 feet of water, and they required 400 men to work them; whole families lived on them, with their poultry yards etc., and several butchers belonged to each, but their size and extent have very much diminished as they are now only 200 feet long. We saw one to - day that looked like a little village, several houses, a great many persons, and stalls with meat hanging in them. At a} I, the usual dining hour, dinner was served on deck, very much to the satisfaction of the passengers, for it is excessively hot in the cabin. The steamboat was crowded to excess, both with English and Germans. We had a very fine band of music on board, which serenaded us a great deal in the course of the day; we however I must confess were all affected a little with ennui. I was very much struck while on board with the great ease of the manners of the Ger mans and the French. We were sitting near a very pretty, interest ing German lady, and a very genteel young Italian sat down and en tered in to conversation with her, they were perfect strangers and we were very much amused and interested in their conversation which was carried on in French; after leaving the steamboat, probably they will never meet again, but their short acquaintance served to enliven a tedious hour. After arriving at Coblentz we spent the rest of the evening in looking out of the window and observing the dif ferent varieties of costumes, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
