CHAPTER V.

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[LEFT INN-BANK.]

Jenbach—Wiesing—Thiergarten—Kramsach—Brandenberger Ache—Voldepp—The Mooserthal—The Mariathal—Rheinthalersee—Achenrain—Mariathal, village and ruined Dominican convent—Georg von Freundsberg—The Brandenbergerthal—Steinberg—Heimaththal, Freiheitthal—The gold-herds of the Reiche Spitze—Die Kalte Pein—Mariastein—The irremovable image—Jenbach—Wiesing—The Thiergarten—The Achenthal—The Käsbachthal—The Blue Achensee—Skolastica—Pertisau—Buchau, Nature’s imitation fortress—Tegernsee—The Achen-pass—The judgment of Achensee—Playing at ball in St. Paul’s cathedral—Legend of Wildenfeld—Eben—The escape of the vampire—Stans—Joseph Arnold—Tirolean artists—The Stallenthal—St. Georgenberg—Unsere liebe Frau zur Linde—Viecht, Benedictine monastery, library, sculpture—Vomperthal—Sigmundslust—Sigismund the Monied—Terfens—Marialarch—Volandseck—Thierberg—S. Michael’s—S. Martin’s—The Gnadenwald—Baumkirchen—Fritzens—External tokens of faith—The holy family at home—Frost phantoms—Hall; Münzthurm; Sandwirthszwanziger; salt-works; Speckbacher; Waldaufischer-Kapelle; S. Saviour’s; institutions of Hall—Johanniswürmchen; Bauernkrieg—Excursions round Hall; the Salzberg; the explorations of the ‘Fromme Ritter;’ grandeur of the salt-mines; salt-works; visit of Hofer and Speckbacher; the Salzthal—Absam; the dragons of Schloss Melans; Count Spaur’s ride to Babylon; combat with the toad—Max Müller on legends—The image on the window-pane; the Gnadenmutter von Absam; Stainer the violin-maker—Mils—Grünegg—Schneeberg—The Gnadenwald—The Glockenhof; the Glockengiesser; his temptation, condemnation, and dying request—The Loreto-kirche—Heiligenkreuz—Taur—Thürl—The Kaisersäule—St. Romedius, St. Vigilius and the bear; the spectre priest—Rum, landslip 125

CHAPTER VI.

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[SCHWATZ.]

Schwatz, its situation; effigy of S. John Nepomuk; his example; the village frescoes; a hunt for a breakfast; the lessons of traveller’s fare; market; church; its size disproportioned to the population; the reason of this—Schwatz a Roman station; silver-mines; prosperity; importance; influence of miners of Saxony; reformation; riots; polemical disputes; decline; copper and iron works; other industries; misfortunes. History of the parish church; peculiar construction; the Knappenhochaltar; monuments; Hans Dreyling; altar-pieces; Michaels-kapelle; its legend; churchyard; its reliquary and holy oil; the Robler and the gossip’s corpse; penance and vision of the unmarried—Franciscan church—characteristics of the inns; singular use of the beds; guitar playing—Blessed Sacrament visits the sick—Freundsberg; the ruined castles of Tirol; Georg von Freundsberg; his prowess, strength, success; devotion of his men; sung of as a hero; his part in the siege of Rome, sudden death, and ruin of his house; tower; chapel—Weird-woman; her story; her legends; Oswald Milser of Seefeld; the bird-catcher of the Goaslahn; strange birds; chamois; the curse of the swallow—Hospital; chapel—Tobacco; factory girls at benediction—Pews in German churches 168

CHAPTER VII.

NORTH TIROL—UNTERINNTHAL—(RIGHT INN-BANK).