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BOMESTIC MANNEKS OF TUE raUSSIANP.

Knights of Langenstein, who in their turn made it overto the Knights of the Teutonic Order; for in the archivosof Reichenau there is a record, to the effect that the KniglitArnold of Langenstein and his four sons gave Mainau, in1293, as a free gif't to the Teutonic Order of Knights, uponthe consideration of their paying 20lhs. of wax as a tribute,every Candlemas, to the Bishop of Constanz.

In 1647 the Swedes, under Gustavus Wrangel, bombardedMainau with seventeen ships; and on gaining possessionof it, found property upon the island to the value of nearlyhalf a inillion of money. Till 1806, Mainau was the Ex-chequer of the Order of German Knights.

By the treaty of Presburg the island was assigned to theGrand Duke of Baden, who subsequently sold it to PrinceEsterhazy; but it is now the property of the Duke ofHamilton, who married the Princess of Baden.

The steam-boat to Mainau leaves Constanz at one o'clockevery Sunday throughout the season, calling at Meersburg bythe way, and allowing the passengers some two-hours' stay onthe island itself. The boat in which we went (and remem-ber, saintly reader, that even the Puritanical Scotch Memberof Parliament danced on the Sabbath directly he got on theother side of the Channel) carried a small cargo of apparentworking people, and petty tradesmen, and servants, besidesa heavy sprinkling of soldiers (exclusive of the military bandon board),— all bent on a holiday trip, the fare there andback being but sixpence, second class.

The day was a lovely autumn one, and the snow-cappedtips of the Vorarlberg hüls at the upper end of the Lakewere tinted half yellow with the rieh warm sunlight. Theline of the mountain-chain, too, lengthened as we beat acrossthe Lake; and the round dorne of the Sentis came out grandlywith its faint powdering here and there of early autumn

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