Volltext: A day with Korps-Students in Germany

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THE HIRSCHGASSE 
ness still survives. There was no sound but. that of the 
birds circling round the old Castle above. Then there 
was a stir, and knots of students passed through the 
Market Place, and soon friends came for me with—shall 
I say? usual, tempo academico — punctuality, and with 
earnestness of purpose. They brought a carriage and 
pair, and we drove rapidly over the old bridge across 
the Neckar, so well known from the beautiful picture 
A DUEL IN THE HIRSCHGASSE 
of our renowned Turner, and especially from the en¬ 
gravings of it. 
Over the bridge, we turned to the right, drove 
about one hundred yards, and then turned to our left 
up a narrow lane, the renowned Hirsch Gasse, and 
stopped at the tavern famous for duels. Up the steps, 
and up the stairs, we entered a low, old-fashioned 
ante-room, a larger and loftier room beyond. In this 
ante-room was a large flat square of lead, with the 
edges slightly turned up-a lead bath-for future ope¬ 
rations. On tables one saw innumerable bandages of
	        
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