To which all other scenes and streams give place;

Causing all those who thy sweet waters know,

To praise their God, “from whom all blessings flow.”

CHAPTER XII.

The Gräfenburg.

Early rising is absolutely indispensable to the tourist on the Moselle. The steamers constantly start at five or six in the morning, and if walking, the midday heat is too great to be encountered; added to which, he would lose his pleasant rest-time by the sparkling stream.