[1] It is perhaps to be reckoned among the tokens of Etruscan residence among the Rhætian Alps, for Mr. Isaac Taylor finds that the word belongs to their language. (Etruscan Researches, pp. 333, 380.)
[2] ‘Hulda was supposed to delight in the neighbourhood of lakes and streams; her glittering mansion was under the blue waters, and at the hour of mid-day she might be seen in the form of a beautiful woman bathing and then disappearing.’—Wolf, Deutsche Götterlehre. See also Grimm, Deutsche Mythologie, pp. 164–8.
[3] One version of the legend says, the Frozen Wall was formed out of the quantities of butter the people had wasted.
CHAPTER IV.
NORTH TIROL—UNTERINNTHAL (RIGHT INN-BANK).
(ZILLERTHAL CUSTOMS.—THE WILDSCHÖNAU.)
Deep secret springs lie buried in man’s heart,
Which Nature’s varied aspect works at will;