LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

Noms de voyage-A mistake-Off she goes'-The baggage-
Rouen-We arrive at Paris

CHAPTER III.

PARIS AND THE SEINE.

Arrival of the Undine-The Paris boat club-Its constitution

and rules -Caution unheeded-A boating dinner at

Bougeval-Curiously shaped boat-Fairly started-Frogs

and bargees-The banks of the Seine-Montereau.

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The Yonne-Disappearance of the Professor-Sens-St. Flo-

rentin-Canal inspectors-Tonnerre-Ladies bathing —

Le Côte d'Or-Montbard-Dijon-A filly

CHAPTER V.

ST. JEAN DE L'OSNE.

Our reception-Dangerous position of the boat-Imagination

of the natives-A dance-Dress of an English gentleman

-We show off, and take our leave

CHAPTER VI.

BESANÇON-LE PETIT QUART D'HEURE

The Canal du Rhône au Rhin-Dôle-A sanguinary bargee-

The river Doubs-A tunnel-Rough quarters-Besançon

-The Doctor in pawn-Railway officials

CHAPTER VII.

CHANGE FOR A NAPOLEON.

Locks and weirs-The Captain turns washerwoman-The

scenery of the Doubs-Quaint lodgings-Primitive mode

of washing Small charges-Clerval-A race-The Cap-

tain in a mess--Chinese notions prevalent

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER VIII.

STORMS NEAR BASLE.

The Vosges Mountains-An attack-The boat is smashed-

repairs necessary-The Mayor of Kembs-A triumphal

procession-Advice unnoticed-Suspicious characters

CHAPTER IX.

AM RHEIN.

Neumburg-The bridge at Alt Breysach-The Cornishman's

drive Great speed we attain-A critical position-We

reach Strasburg-Civilized life not congenial-Lauter-

bourg-Plain sailing-A Sunday on the Rhine-Mannheim

-Ship! Duck!-Tidings of the 'Water Lily'

CHAPTER X.

HEIDELBERG-A SCHLÄGER-FECHT.

Gentlemen-The Neckar-The Captain chucks pebbles-The

Professor outwitted-Mine Host and his nephews-Visitors

-Schläger-fechte-We witness a combat-a description

thereof-Moral

CHAPTER XI.

MOSQUITOES AND WORMS.

The retreat-Guntersblum and its inhabitants-Mayence-

Frankfort-The British Consul-Rudesheim-A wan-

dering school-The Bingen Professor-Passage of the

Bingen-loch

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CHAPTER XII.

BINGEN TO COLOGNE.

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Lorch-An echo-Louis-Philippe at the Lurlei-felsen --- Bop-

pard-Kilkenny cats-Stolzenfels-Coblentz-Neuwied-

Königswinter and the Drachenfels-An attempted mutiny

-The public press-Legend of Cologne Cathedral. . . 116

CHAPTER XIII.

BELGIUM-THE CUSTOM HOUSE.

Belgium-The Custom House-The rail-More newspapers—

Ghent The Béguinage-Plight of the boat-Douaniers

and their notions-Bloemendael-Bruges-Le Prefecteur

d'Arrondissement-Simplicity of the natives-We are

summoned-Ostend .

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER XIV.

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