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The monastery, which was also rebuilt at the same time, now serves the more useful purpose of a brewery. From Ettal the road is comparatively level, and, jolting swiftly over it, we soon reached Ober Ammergau. THE MONASTERY WHICH WAS ALSO REBUILT AT THE SAME TIME NOW SERVES THE MORE USEFUL PURPOSE OF A BREWERY FROM ETHOL THE ROAD IS COMPARATIVELY LEVEL AND JOLTING SWIFTLY OVER IT WE SOON REACHED OBER AMMERGAU
 at the entrance to the Valley of the Ammer. The great white temple, standing, surrounded by its little village, high up amid the mountain solitudes, is a famous place of pilgrimage among devout Catholics. Many hundreds of years ago, one of the early Bavarian kings built here a monastery as a shrine for a miraculous image of the Virgin that had been sent down to him from Heaven to help him when, in a foreign land, he had stood sore in need, encompassed by his enemies. Maybe the stout arms and hearts of his Bavarian friends were of some service in the crisis also; but the living helpers were forgotten. The old church and monastery, which latter was a sort of ancient Chelsea Hospital for decayed knights, was destroyed one terrible night some hundred and fifty years ago by a flash of lightning; but the wonder-working image was rescued unhurt, and may still be seen and worshipped beneath the dome of the present much less imposing church which has been reared upon the ruins of its ancestor. Y UP WE PASSED ETHEL AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE VALLEY OF THE AMA THE GREAT WHITE TEMPLE STANDING SURROUNDED BY ITS LITTLE VILLAGE HIGH UP AMID THE MOUNTAIN SOLITUDES IS A FAMOUS PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE AMONG DEVOUT CATHOLICS MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO ONE OF THE EARLY BAVARIAN KINGS BUILT HERE A MONASTERY AS A SHRINE FOR A MIRACULOUS IMAGE OF THE VIRGIN THAT HAD BEEN SENT DOWN TO HIM FROM HEAVEN TO HELP HIM WHEN IN A FOREIGN LAND HE HAD STOOD SORE IN NEED ENCOMPASSED BY HIS ENEMIES MAYBE THE STOUT ARMS AND HEARTS OF HIS BAVARIAN FRIENDS WERE OF SOME SERVICE IN THE CRISIS ALSO BUT THE LIVING HELPERS WERE FORGOTTEN THE OLD CHURCH AND MONASTERY WHICH LATTER WAS A SORT OF ANCIENT CHELSEA HOSPITAL FOR DECAYED KNIGHTS WAS DESTROYED ONE TERRIBLE NIGHT SOME HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO BY A FLASH OF LIGHTNING BUT THE WONDER WORKING IMAGE WAS RESCUED UNHURT AND MAY STILL BE SEEN AND WORSHIPPED BENEATH THE DOME OF THE PRESENT MUCH LESS IMPOSING CHURCH WHICH HAS BEEN REARED UPON THE RUINS OF ITS ANCESTOR
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