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COBLENTZ .-- EXCURSION TO THE MOUNTAINS OF TAUNUS; ROMAN.
TOWER IN THE VALLEY OF EHRENBREITSTEIN .-- TRAVEL, ITS PLEASURES ESTIMATED DIFFERENTLY BY THE YOUNG AND THE OLD .-- THE STUDENT OF HEIDELBERG; HIS CRITICISMS ON GERMAN LITERATURE.
GERTRUDE had, indeed, apparently rallied during their stay at Coblentz; and a French physician established in the town (who adopted a peculiar treatment for consumption, which had been attended with no ordinary success) gave her father and Trevylyan a sanguine assurance of her ultimate recovery.

The time they passed within the white walls of Coblentz was, therefore, the happiest and most cheerful part of their pilgrimage.

They visited the various places in its vicinity; but the excursion which most delighted Gertrude was one to the mountains of Taunus.
They took advantage of a beautiful September day; and, crossing the river, commenced their tour from the Thal, or valley of Ehrenbreitstein.
They stopped on their way to view the remains of a Roman tower in the valley; for the whole of that district bears frequent witness of the ancient conquerors of the world.

The mountains of Taunus are still intersected with the roads which the Romans cut to the mines that supplied them with silver.