d'hôte. After dinner the visitors repair to the walks, where music and sipping coffee amuses 1 The English Church Service is celebrated on there is a long passage, on either side of which are arranged stalls for the sale of fancy articles. Underneath the Kurhaus the Baths are situated, those who do not walk or ride. which are charged for at the following rates: 18kr. for the common, 36kr, lf to lfl. 30kr. for | Sundays in the Lutheran Church. Some beau. the superior class, and 48kr for the douche baths. Tickets are usually purchased beforehand from the Badmeister, who arranges the time for taking them, to which time the bather should be punctual to a minute, as if he do not, he will lose his turn. tiful walks can be taken near Ems; particularly sweet are those up and down the Lahn, which afford some magnificent prospects. The Marien Weg, on the far side of the Lahn, the Henrietten Weg, and Maoshut, afford many agreeable walks. Kemmenan, situated at the top of a mountain to the rear of Ems, is a splendid point of view; and from Ems also can be visited Braubach and The waters are taken in the morning and after dinner, from 3 to 6 goblets before breakfast, and 1 or 2 in the afternoon. The dinner hour is 1 o'clock, and mostly all dine at the table the Castle of Marksburg, described at route 22. Hotels: HOMBURG Station.-4,000.-Hotels: HOMBURG. table; and it is also said that from this estab. lishment the state of Hesse Hon burg derives its chief revenue. It has dining hall, coffee rooms, Hotel de Hesse, a first-rate hotel for families and reading and smoking rooms, and is provided gentlemen, highly recommended. with a very fine band, which plays daily on the walk. Its only object of attraction is the Palace of the Prince of He-se Homburg. In it is a large col'ection of Roman antiquities, and over the inner gateway is an equestrian statue of Prince Frederick of Hesse. The daughter of George III, the late landgravine Elizabeth, had the gardens Homburg is a small town, beautifully situated on an eminence in the midst of agreeable scenery. Though a smal place of 3 600 inhabitants, yet since 1814 it has become a very distinguished watering place, and a spot famous for its excellent mineral springs, the waters of which are decidedly valuable, and consist of five springs, one of which, that of Elizabeth, has more car-attached to the Palace nicely laid out in the bonic acid than any other saline spot at present discovered. The Stahlbrunnen is ferruginous, like that of Spa; the Badelle, a salt spring; the Kaiserbrunnen, compared to the Carlsbad waters and the Ludwigsbrunnen. We refer, with confidence, those who really desire to become acquainted with the resources and virtues of these justly celebrated waters, to the Observations on the Mineral Waters of Homburg, by F. H. Prytherch, M.D., &c &c. &c., who is authorised English resident physician. This pubication may be had of John Churchill, Prince's-street, Soho, London; Louis Schick, Homburg; or through them, of the principal continental booksel ers. At Homburg we find one of the most magnificent Kurhaus in Germany. It is stated that over 50,00Cf. are lost annually at this gaming English style, but they now present a deserted and neglected appearance. A succession of flower gardens and shrubberies stretch along between these gardens and the base of the Taunus, affording to the promenader a magnificent walk, and leading him to an eminence commanding a rich view of the surrounding country. A visit can be paid from here to the Nauheim Salt Works distant about 8 or 9 miles north east of Homburg. English Church Service every Sunday. CONVEYANCES - Omnibuses correspond with the trains to and from Frankfort almost every hour. It is quite as well to go the whole distance by the four-horse coaches which run regularly from the Post Office every hour,from 8 a.m. to 10 SCHWALBACH.-Hotel: SCHWALBACH Hotel the Duke of Nassau, Nassau Hof, an excellent hotel most highly recommended. Landlord, Mr. Wilhelmy. Schwalbach lies considerably higher than Wiesbaden, and though the town itself is hot in the middle of the day when the sun's rays are reflected from the hills, yet the air out of the valley is extremely bracing; the ground soon dries after rain, and the walks and rides in the environs are varied, and extremely beautiful. Within the last few years the place has been considerably enlarged and improved in its appearance and accommodation. This place is far more pleasant than Wiesbaden or Ems, in being more silent and less exposed to bustle or annoyance. The season lasts little more than two months, beginning in June, and ending in August. Here also are gaming tables in the public rooms of the Allé Saal, which opens out upon the Alle on a fine avenue of trees continuous with the public promenade, where two of the springs, the Wembrunnen and the Pauline arise; the third spring, Stalkbrunnen, is separated by a low hill from the others. Near Wembrunnen is the new Bath House, a handsome building, resting on an open colonnade, which contains commodious bathing cabinets, and a promenade room. The colonnade extends the entire length of the building, benea h which booths are opened in the season for the sale of books, toys, Hotels:Hessischer Hof. &c., by itinerant travellers. The Pauline spring gives water to the baths in the upper storey, and the Stahl and Wembrunnen to those on the lower. Each bath is charged for at the rate of 48kr, with 4kr. additional to the servant. Persons should be punctual in attending at the hour for which they bespeak the bath, as if they do not they will lose their turn. The table d'hôte is at 11 o'clock. English Church Service is celebrated on Sundays at 11 a.m. in the Upper Protestant Church, in the Lange Gasse. The hills about are all intersected with paths, and very beautiful views can be had from the surrounding eminences, particularly from the Rustic Pavilion, standing on the summit of a hill on the road from here to Wiesbaden, and which is not more than a quarter of an hour's walk from the Pauline. Adolphseck, a ruined castle, is another pretty excursion of a half-hour's walk. The principal excursion, and the one most surrounded wi h agreeable associations, is that to the Castle of Hohenstein approached by a carriage road, or by the windings of the small stream Aar, under the Castle of Adolphseck, and up the valley for six miles. Its scenery is charming and varied after a most beautiful fashion up to the moment the magnificent old castle shadows itself for.h from its romantic height of black precipice. From Schwalbach we proceed by an excellent road to SCHLANGENBAD. Naussen Hof, called Schlangenbad, or Serpent's Bath, from the large number of snakes and vipers abounding in the neighbourhoo!. Those who require quiet and retirement can pass a few weeks very agreeably at Schlan, nbad, which being higher and move shaded is a much cooler residence then Wiesbaden The baths, also, from being but slightly mineralised, may be used by persons in health without risk, and not 160 APPENDIX. THE MOSELLE FROM COBLENTZ TO TREVES. Travellers who can spare the time to make an excursion up the Moselle may send three or four days most pleasantly as the scenery all through this picturesque valley is generally very fine and in several places most exquisite. The banks of the Mosell are bordered with undulating hills covered with vines or thick woods, picturesque little villages or smal towns, ruins of old castles, watch towers, and Gothic steeples, most of which are seen in the most romantic forms imaginable owing to the ex raordinary windings of the river. Steamers teave Coblentz every morning for Treves performing the journey in a day and a half and come down from Treves to Coblentz, In 10 hours. castles, within one of which, the Oderberg, is beautiful little chapel-which deserves a visit from all admirers of graceful architecture. Gondorf on the left is another pretty village, formerly the residence of the Coun:s von Layen, Catenes.-A village on the same side just beyond derives its name from a chain formerly placed across to exact toll from the boats going up or | down the river. Alken, on the right.-An old town connected by several towers with Schloss Turon-a pic turesque old castle situated on the heights above. Bordenbach.-Further upon the same side is situated at the entrance of Ehrenbach, a stream which is from a singular ravine, no one should omit visiting. At the commencement this gorge is narrow, dark, and gloomy, but shortly expands and vineyards, streams, and water mills, &c, the perspective in front being closed by a rocky barrier on the heights of which stands the castle of Ehrenberg, said to excel in beauty any other castle on the Rhine or Moselle. An agreeable way of visiting the most picturesque spots is to take a steamer up the river to any chosen spot favorably situated for ma1 ingino a charming valley, with verdant meadows excursions in and, and then return to the same or some other village to take the up or down ste mer Or the traveller may make agreeable excursions by leaving the steamer occasionally at intervals, as it approaches the bends of the river, and then by taking the road across the points he will frequently obtain beautiful views from the summits of the hills, and then come to the point where the steamer will arrive and take him up. The traveller however, should previously ascertain that by so doing be will lose no finer scenery on the river After leaving Coblentz the first place worthy of notice is Moselweiss on the right bank, where there are large public gardens Above this village rise the fortifications of Fort Alexander, one of the advanced forts of Coblentz, situated between the Moselle and the Rhine. Fur her on we pass on the left the church of Metternich, the village of Gülls, with its twin spires; then village of Ley on the right, and that of Winningen on the left; after which we come to Diebelich on the right—a place said to have been haunted by witches in former times. It is a pretty spot and is pleasantly situated in a charming part of the river. Cobern on the left bank, is situated at the point where the Nodbach falls into the Moselle. Th hills behind the town are crowned with two We next pass Wortzenfurt on the left and further on the same side the castle of Bischofsstein, belonging to the Archbishop of Treves. Then Moselkern a village at the entrance of the beautiful vale of Elz. If the traveller lands at Moselkern, crosses the hill or strikes across the heights along the side of the glen, he will obtain several fine views, and then passing through the romantic valley of the Eiz, visit the picturesque and interesting old castle of Elz reputed to be the beau ideal of a feudal fortress of the middle ages. The traveller can then return by the road direct to join the steamer at Carden, a village charmingly situated in one of the sweetest spots of the Moselle. Proceeding on we next pass Treis, on the right side, situated within an amphitheatre of hills, on which there are two castles. Clotten on the left, a sma 1 village with its church on the hill and the ruins of an old cast e. The next place we come to is Cochem.-Hotels, De L'Union; Cornreich's; Römischer König. This is an ancient town of 2,500 inhabitants, and the distant view of it APPENDIX. defended by two castles on the hills behind is exceedingly prepossessing and attractive, but the traveller will be disappointed in visiting it, as the streets are narrow and dirɩy, even more so than the other towns on the Moselle. A number of villages and small towns of no particular note are passed until the steamer reaches Punderich, a village on the right bank. Travellers intending to visit the interesting ruins of Marienburg should land on the opposite side of the river. The view from a hill near the ruins affords one of the finest prospects on the Moselle, embracing four different bends of the river, and forming a splendid panorama. Refreshments can be had at a small inn within the ruins. Returning to Punderich the steamer proceeds past the villages of Enrich and Starkenburg on the right bank, and then arrives at Traben on the left. Sun Hotel classes the best. A short distance higher up on the right bank is 161 Trobach, a town of 1,300 inhabitants, where the steamer remains during the night. This town resembles Cochem in the beauty of its position, which is extremely picture que, and in the dirty unwholesome appearance of the streets. It is situated at the mouth of a valley, and is encircled by a range of hills or mountains. The castle on one of these commands the river entirely. Between Trabach and Treves the scenery be comes less beautiful, and the villages and towns, with the exception of Berncastle, devoid of interest. Berncastle-Hotel Drei König. A town of 2,000 inhabitants. The situation of this town is so fine that most travellers would be tempted to stop and visit it, which we advise them not to do as it is both dirty and badly drained. The steamer soon after reaches the fine old city of Treves, described at page 121. The following ADVERTISEMENTS are arranged in the Alphabetical Order of the Towns, irrespective of Geographical Position. AIX LA CHAPELLE. HOTEL DU GRAND MONARQUE. DREMEL'S HOTEL at AIX LA CHAPELLE -This magnificent and large Hotel, for Families and single Travellers, continues to maintain its European reputation for being the favoured residence of travellers of all nations. The proprietor, Mr. FRITZ DREMEL, obtained this unusual patronage by the cleanliness and comfort of his apartments (all the beds being of new construction), the richness and excellence of its viands and wines, added to the attention and civility of the attendants. Table d'Hôte at 1 and 5 oclock. The new Bath House attached to the Hotel also belongs to Mr. Dremel. It has extensive accommodation, and its proximity is a great advantage to visitors. Hot, Cold, Shower, and Tepid-sulphureous Baths at a few minutes' notice. The Baths are supplied direct from the Mineral Springs. [21-M. AMSTERDAM. BRACK'S DOELEN HOTEL.-Situated in the centre of the Town, and most convenient for Visitors on pleasure or business. It commands a splendid view of the Quays, &c., and, being conducted on a liberal scale, it is patronised by the highest classes of society in Holland. It is also much frequented by English Travellers, for the comfort and first-rate accommodation it affords, as well as for the invariable civility shown to visitors. Cold and Warm Baths may be had at any hour.Carriages for hire. Table d'Hôte at half-past 4, or dinner à la carte. [22-M. нот ANTWERP. OTEL DU GRAND LABOUREUR, Place de Meir. This old established and highly recommended Hotel, which has been considerably enlarged, is situated in the finest and healthiest square of the city of Antwerp. Its cleanliness, and the excellency of the Table d'Hôte and Wines, added to the attention and civility shown to all visitors, have made it deservedly popular. [23-M. BADEN-BADEN. HOTEL DE LA COUR DE BADE, IRST-RATE; excellent Table d'Hôte at one and five; Baths at the hotel; extensive and splendid gardens; quiet and comfortable. Landlord, A. RHEINBOLDT. Not to be confounded with the Hotel de la Ville de Bade, opposite the Railway Station. [24-M. HOTEL DE HOLLANDE.-A. ROESSLER, Proprietor. This favourite and first-class Hotel, situated near the Kursaal, commands one of the most charming views in Baden. The increase of business rendering it necessary to enlarge the Hotel, the Proprietor, in extending the premises, has introduced additional improvements, and has placed c nveniences (i.e., w. c.) upon every floor. The Hotel now consists of more than a hundred sleeping apartments, elegant sitting-rooms, and a garden for the use of visitors. It is conducted under the immediate superintendence of the Proprietor who endeavours, by the most strict attention and exceedingly moder te pri es, to merit the continued patronage of English visitors. Galiguani's and other Journals. The Wines of this Hotel are reputed of the best quality in Baden. Fixed moderate charges for every thing. Breakfast, Cafe, 36 kreutzers: Tea, 42 krs. Table d'Hote at On, 1 fr. 24 kr.; at Five, 1 f. 48 kr. Mr. ROESSLER, remaining sole Proprietor, will spare no pains to deserve the confidence of English Travellers. [25-M. |