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216 ze Všehrd, and the inventor of the screw propeller, Joseph Ressel.

The industrial concerns are: a brewery, distilleries, a sugar and malt factory and a manufactory of machines, tools etc.

At a distance of two miles from Chrudim is Slatiňany; with the castle and beautiful park of prince Auersperg.

From Chrudim we pass by Rosice with its large sugar factory, to Pardubice (12 km) a prosperous town situated on a fertile plain. It is the junction of two great railways and the centre of great industrial activity, having a large petroleum refinery, a succory and candle factories, two breweries and a distillery etc.

Of historical interest are: the old castle of the lords of Pernštýn with a gothic chapel. St. Bartholomew’s decanal church founded in 1226, with pictures by Brandl. The „Zelená brána“ (Green gate) from 1538. Market-place with decorated houses, and the monument erected in honour of the brothers Veverka the inventors of the plough called „ruchadlo“. HOTEL: VESELKA.

At a short distance from the town there is an isolated basaltic rock Kunětická Hora, it is of volcanic origin, on the top are the picturesque ruins of an old castle from which we can get a good view. At the foot of the rock the river Loučná joins the Labe (Elbe).

Our next excursion is by the State railway to Choceň (24 km). In the town there is a castle with an old artistically decorated roman chapel. Proceeding, we go on to Vysoké Mýto (10 km). The church dates from 1260, and has a picture by Brandl. 14 km from here is Litomyšle, the birth-place of the famous Bohemian musical composer Bedřich Smetana (1824—1884). Around the town there are the remains of ancient fortifications, a castle built between 1568 and 1573, a fine market-place, college of the Piarists (1644) and a new building „National House“.

From here it is easy to enjoy a trip to the picturesquely situated quarries of Budislav and the rocks called Toulovcovy.

We return to Choceň and journey through a fine stretch of country to Ústí nad Orlicí (Wildenschwert, 15 km) and Kyšperk (14 km), here there is the renaissance