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14
KIEL.
Chap. I.
woods of the Holstein duchies—unlike any you meet
with in other countries. You must not confuse the
woods with the forests: the latter abound in game;
the woods, on the contrary, are cleared of all
underwood, the branches lopped off, leaving a thick canopy
of verdure above, and a free circulation of air below.
Beneath they are one carpet of moss, from which spring
the roots of the lily of the valley, the Solomon’s-seal,
hepatica, and other wild-flowers in abundance; the
dormouse, squirrel, and the stoat abound, and the larger
falcon-tribe ; of smaller birds I have seen but few.
The weasel, or the “ king’s daughter,” as he is
sometimes here called, has a happy time of it. No fear of
the barn-door for him in luckless company with pilfering
pie and robber hawk; for the peasant looks on the
weasel as a sacred beast—no, not sacred, but as an animal
to be feared. He takes off his hat when he meets him
on the road, as though he were a crowned head, and
politely wishes him “ good morrow;” were he to offend
the weasel, it would bring him ill luck, for the animal
“ spits poison, and spits it long.”
Towards nine o’clock all Diisternbrook is in gala—
crowds flock to the adjoining Tivoli, an illuminated
garden, where nightly dramatic representations are
given in the open air; then there are concerts and
balls at the different hotels, and people sup out by
lamplight in the garden. But of the gaieties of the place
I know but little; we prefer the forest or the water.
KIEL. •
The ancient capital of Holstein, still important in a
naval point of view, with its picturesque market-place
and tall church-tower, overlooking the good and evil
deeds of the peasant tribe below, might have interested
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