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 the greatest variety of resources. The company, being composed of people of all ranks, of all nations, religions and professions, every one chooses what is more analogous to himself, rather than to seek equality, as impracticable at Carlsbad as any where else. It is out of the plan of this compendium to describe the numerous places which offer agreable excursions. Those who do not bring their own horses and carriages, find here caleches, few saddle-horses, and donkeys. Carlsbad, being nothing more than a most elegant hospital, is by no means a place of dissipation. The amusements are of a quiet and moderate kind; the necessary early hours for attending the wells in the morning prevent late ones at night; the strict prohibition of hazard-games; the obligation of submitting to a sober diet, and of taking much bodily exercise, have introduced very regular habits into society, and more than one gastronome and hard drinker has began at Carlsbad to understand the incalculable advantages of sobriety and temperance.

We have already mentioned the external and internal cleanliness of the houses, some of which are very small, others large enough for the accommodation of numerous families. The most elegant are on the Wiese and on the Market-Place, and more expensive than those situated in the higher and more remote streets. In most houses the beds are good, at least as good as in any part of Germany, though many tall visitors wish them longer, and the coverlids broader. The price of lodgings varies with their