Having in the following pages endeavoured to lay before English readers the interesting scenery of the Moselle, I trust, that although in summer my countrymen do not mount her stream, fearful, perhaps, of discomfort; yet that by the fireside in winter the public will not object to glide down the river, in the boat now ready for them to embark in; and hoping that they will enjoy the reproduction of a tour that afforded me so much pleasure,

I subscribe myself

Their humble servant,

THE AUTHOR.

Richmond, December 1857.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[THE SOURCE]1
II.[REMIREMONT AND EPINAL]12
III.[TOUL AND NANCY]24
IV.[METZ]39
V.[FROM METZ TO TRÈVES]65
VI.[TRÈVES]70
VII.[RIVER INCIDENTS]99
VIII.[PIESPORT]110
IX.[THE VINTAGE]125
X.[VELDENZ]133
XI.[BERNCASTEL]144
XII.[ZELTINGEN AND THE MICHAELSLEI]153
XIII.[TRARBACH]165
XIV.[ENKIRCH AND THE MARIENBURG PROMONTORY]173
XV.[BERTRICH]185
XVI.[BREMM, NEEF, AND BEILSTEIN]197
XVII.[COCHEM]207
XVIII.[CARDEN AND ELZ]219
XIX.[OLD CASTLES]235
XX.[GONDORF AND COBERN]249
XXI.[CHANGE OF THE SEASONS]261
XXII.[COBLENCE AND JUNCTION WITH RHINE]269