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The palace contains little tliat is peculiar except the" Wappen," or cscutcheons of tlie Knights- Commander ofthe Teutonic Order—a work that was recently executedfor Prince Esterhazy.

The first inscription upon this is " Fbateb Rudolph vonSchaffus, Commandeub, Äö 1264;" the Wappen itself beingheaded—

VEBZEICHNISS

DEE SCHILD UND WAPPEN

DEEEN HOCHWÜEDIGE

HEEEEN COMANDEÜES

STADTHALTEES-HATJS COMANDEÜES UND HOFMEISTERS

DEE EEICHS COMANDE

MAYNAU.

Tlie last inscription on the Wappen is as follows:—CON: JOS: SIG: CAEL

KEICH T. EEICHENSTEIN BROMBACHCOMANDEUE ÄÖ 1805,

The island of Reichenau, of which a view is given in theVignette to the title-page of this Look, is situate, as we havesaid, in the " Under Lake," as it is called in German — incontradistinction to the Upper (Ueberlinger) branch of thewater.

This is considerably larger than Mainau, being 3J mileslong, and upwards of 2 miles broad, so that it is nearly thesize of Sark in the British Channel. It boasts three distinctvillages or hamlets — one called Oberzeil (Upper Cell), situateat the end of the island by Constanz, and containing some300 inhabitants; another, at the opposite extremity, namedUnterseil (Under Cell), with a population of 150; and the