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In a few years' time, he will be packed in cotton wool in his own back parlour, labelled for the place he wants to go to, and unpacked and taken out when he gets there. The railway now carries him round Mount Ettal to Oberau, from which little village a tolerably easy road, as mountain roadways go, of about four or five English miles takes him up to the valley of the Ammer. It was midnight when our train landed us at Oberau station; but the place was far more busy and stirring than on ordinary occasions it is at mid day. IN A FEW YEARS TIME HE WILL BE PACKING COTTON WOOL IN HIS OWN BACK PARLOUR LABELLED FOR THE PLACE HE WANTS TO GO TO AND UNPACKED AND TAKEN OUT WHEN HE GETS THERE THE RAILWAY NOW CARRIES HIM ROUND MOUNT ETHEL TO OBEROW FROM WHICH LITTLE VILLAGE A TOLERABLY EASY ROAD AS MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS GO OF ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE ENGLISH MILES TAKES HIM UP TO THE VALLEY OF THE AMA IT WAS MIDNIGHT WHEN OUR TRAIN LANDED US AT OBEROW STATION BUT THE PLACE WAS FAR MORE BUSY AND STIRRING THAN ON ORDINARY OCCASIONS IT IS AT MIDDAY
t, standing out white and silent in the moonlight against the shadowy hills; and, now and then, a dark, still lake, or mountain torrent whose foaming waters fell in a long white streak across the blackness of the night. We passed by Murnau in the valley of the Dragon, a little town which possessed a Passion Play of its own in the olden times, and which, until a few years ago, when the railway-line was pushed forward to Partenkirchen, was the nearest station to Ober-Ammergau. It was a tolerably steep climb up the road from Murnau, over Mount Ettal, to Ammergau--so steep, indeed, that one stout pilgrim not many years ago, died from the exertion while walking up. Sturdy-legged mountaineer and pulpy citizen both had to clamber up side by side, for no horses could do more than drag behind them the empty vehicle. Every season, however, sees the European tourist more and more pampered, and the difficulties and consequent pleasure and interest of his journey more and more curtailed and spoilt.  PASSED SOME GHOSTLY HAMLET STANDING OUT WHITE AND SILENT IN THE MOONLIGHT AGAINST THE SHADOWY HILLS AND NOW AND THEN A DARK STILL LAKE OR MOUNTAIN TORRENT WHOSE FOAMING WATERS FELL IN A LONG WHITE STREAK ACROSS THE BLACKNESS OF THE NIGHT WE PASSED BY MOONA IN THE VALLEY OF THE DRAGON A LITTLE TOWN WHICH POSSESSED A PASSION PLAY OF ITS OWN IN THE OLDEN TIMES AND WHICH UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THE RAILWAY LINE WAS PUSHED FORWARD TO PART INCUTION WAS THE NEAREST STATION TO OBER AMMERGAU IT WAS A TOLERABLY STEEP CLIMB UP THE ROAD FROM MOONA OVER MOUNT ETHEL TO AMMERGAU SO STEEP INDEED THAT ONE STOUT PILGRIM NOT MANY YEARS AGO DIED FROM THE EXERTION WHILE WALKING UP STURDY LEGGED MOUNTAINEER AND PULPY CITIZEN BOTH HAD TO CLAMBER UP SIDE BY SIDE FOR NO HORSES COULD DO MORE THAN DRAG BEHIND THEM THE EMPTY VEHICLE EVERY SEASON HOWEVER SEIZED THE EUROPEAN TOURIST MORE AND MORE PAMPERED AND THE DIFFICULTIES AND CONSEQUENT PLEASURE AND INTEREST OF HIS JOURNEY MORE AND MORE CURTAILED AND SPOILT
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