had；　little　dreaming　of　it；　taken　leave　of　one　another　forevermore。　Such　profit　lies　in　your　Bruhl。　Kings　and　Queens　that　will　be　governed　by　a　Jesuit　Guarini；　and　a　Bruhl　of　the　Twelve　Tailors；　sometimes　pay　dear　for　it。　They；　or　their　representatives；　are　sure　to　do　so。　Kings　and　Queens；yes；　and　if　that　were　all：　but　their　poor　Countries　too？　Their　Countries；well；　their　Countries　did　not　hate　Beelzebub；　in　his　various　shapes；　ENOUGH。　Their　Countries　should　have　been　in　watch　against　Beelzebub　in　the　shape　of　Bruhls；watching；　and　also　〃praying〃　in　a　heroic　manner；　now　fallen　obsolete　in　these　impious　times！
  Chapter　V。
  FRIEDRICH　BLOCKADES　THE　SAXONS　IN　PIRNA　COUNTRY。
  Friedrich　reckons　himself　to　have　65；000　men　in　Saxony。　Schwerin　is　issuing　from　Silesia；　through　the　Glatz　Mountains；　for　Bohemia；　at　the　head　of　40；000。　The　Austrian　force　is　inferior　in　quantity；　and　far　from　ready：Two　〃Camps〃　in　Bohemia　they　have；　the　chief　one　under　Browne　（looking；　or　intending；　this　Saxon　way）；　and　a　smaller　under　Piccolomini；　in　the　Konigshof…Kolin　region：if　well　run　into　from　front　and　rear；　both　Browne　and　Piccolomini　might　be　beautifully　handled；　and　a　gash　be　cut　in　Austria；　which　might　incline　her　to　be　at　peace　again！　Nothing　hinders　but　this　paltry　Camp　of　the　Saxons；　itself　only　18；000　strong；　but　in　a　Country　of　such　strength。　And　this　does　hinder；　effectually　while　it　continues：　〃How　march　to　Bohemia；　and　leave　the　road　blocked　in　our　rear？〃
  The　Saxon　Camp　did　continue；unmanageable　by　any　method；　for　five　weeks　to　come；　the　season　of　war…operations　gone；　by　that　time：　and　Friedrich's　First　Campaign；　rendered　mostly　fruitless　in　this　manner；　will　by　no　means　check　the　Austrian　truculencies；　as　by　his　velocity　he　hoped　to　do。　No；　but；　on　the　contrary；　will　rouse　the　Austrians；　French　and　all　Enemies；　to　a　tenfold　pitch　of　temper。　And　bring　upon　himself；　from　an　astonished　and　misunderstanding　Public；　such　tempests　and　world…tornadoes　of　loud…roaring　obloquy；　as　even　he；　Friedrich；　had　never　endured　before。
  To　readers　of　a　touring　habit　this　Saxon　Country　is　perhaps　well　known。　For　the　last　half…century　it　has　been　growing　more　and　more　famous；　under　the　name　of　〃Saxon　Switzerland　（SACHSISCHE　SCHWEITZ）；〃　instead　of　〃Misnian　Highlands　（MEISSNISCHE　HOCHLAND）；〃　which　it　used　to　be　called。　A　beautiful　enough　and　extremely　rugged　Country；　interesting　to　the　picturesque　mind。　Begins　rising；　in　soft　Hills；　on　both　sides　of　the　Elbe；　a　few　miles　east　of　Dresden；　as　you　ascend　the　River；　till　it　rises　into　Hills　of　wild　character；　getting　ever　wilder；　and　riven　into　wondrous　chasms　and　precipices。　Extends；　say　almost　twenty　miles　up　the　River；　to　Tetschen　and　beyond；　in　this　eastern　direction；　and　with　perhaps　ten　miles　of　breadth　on　each　side　of　the　River：　area　of　the　Rock…　region；　therefore；　is　perhaps　some　four　hundred　square　miles。　The　Falkenberg　（what　we　should　call　HAWKSCRAG）　northeastward　in　the　Lausitz；　the　Schneeberg　（SNOW　MOUNTAIN）；　southeastward　on　the　Bohemian　border；　are　about　thirty…five　miles　apart：　these　two　are　both　reckoned　to　be　in　it；its　last　outposts　on　that　eastern　side。　But　the　limits　of　it　are　fixed　by　custom　only；　and　depend　on　no　natural　condition。
  We　might　define　it　as　the　Sandstone　NECK　of　the　Metal　Mountains：　a　rather　lower　block；　of　Sandstone；　intercalated　into　the　Metal…　Mountain　range；　which　otherwise；　on　both　hands；　is　higher；　and　of　harder　rocks。　Southward　（as　SHOULDER　to　this　sandstone　NECK）　lies；　continuous；　broad　and　high；　the　〃Metal…Mountain　range〃　specially　so　called：　northward　and　northeastward　there　rise；　beyond　that　Falkenberg；　many　mountains；　solitary　or　in　groups；〃the　Metal　Mountains〃　fading　out　here　into　〃the　Lausitz　Hills；〃　still　in　fine　picturesque　fashion；　which　are　Northern　Border　to　the　great　Bohemian　〃Basin　of　the　Elba；〃　after　you　emerge　from　this　Sandstone　Country。
  Saxon　Switzerland　is　not　very　high　anywhere；　2；000　feet　is　a　notable　degree　of　height：　but　it　is　torn　and　tumbled　into　stone　labyrinths；　chasms　and　winding　rock…walls；　as　few　regions　are。　Grows　pinewood；　to　the　topmost　height；　pine…trees　far　aloft　look　quietly　down　upon　you；　over　sheer　precipices；　on　your　intricate　path。　On　the　slopes　of　the　Hills　is　grass　enough；　in　the　intervals　are　Villages　and　husbandries；　are　corn　and　milk　for　the　laborious　natives；who　depend　mainly　on　quarrying；　and　pine…forest　work：　pines　and　free…stone；　rafts　of　long　slim　pines；　and　big　stone　barges；　are　what　one　sees　upon　the　River　there。　A　Note；　not　very　geological；　says　of　it：
  〃Elbe　sweeps　freely　through　this　Country；　for　ages　and　aeons　past；　curling　himself　a　little　into　snake…figure；　and　with　increased　velocity；　but　silent　mostly；　and　trim　to　the　edge；　a　fine　flint…　colored　river；though　in　aeons　long　anterior；　it　must　have　been　a　very　different　matter　for　torrents　and　water…power。　The　Country　is　one　huge　Block　of　Sandstone；　so　many　square　miles　of　that　material；　ribbed；　channelled；　torn　and　quarried；　in　this　manner；　by　the　ever…　busy　elements；　for　a　million　of　Ages　past！　Chiefly　by　the　Elbe　himself；　since　he　got　to　be　a　River；　and　became　cosmic　and　personal；　ceasing　to　be　a　mere　watery　chaos　of　Lakes　and　Deluges　hereabouts。　For　the　Sandstone　was　of　various　degrees　of　hardness；　tenacious　as　marble　some　parts　of　it；　soft　almost　as　sand　other　parts。　And　the　primordial　diluviums　and　world…old　torrents；　great　and　small；　rushing　down　from　the　Bohemian　Highlands；　from　the　Saxon　Metal　Mountains；　with　such　storming；　gurgling　and　swashing；　have　swept　away　the　soft　parts；　and　left　the　hard　standing　in　this　chaotic　manner；　and　bequeathed　it　all　to　the　Elbe；　and　the　common　frosts　and　rains　of　these　human　ages。
  〃Elbe　has　now　a　trim　course；　but　Elbe　too　is　busy　quarrying　and　mining；　where　not　artificially　held　in；and　you　notice　at　every　outlet　of　a　Brook　from　the　interior；　north　side　and　south　side；　how　busy　the　Brook　has　been。　Boring；　grinding；　undermining；　much　helped　by　the　frosts；　by　the　rains。　AEons　ago；　the　Brook　was　a　lake；　in　the　interior；　but　was　every　moment　laboring　to　get　out；　till　it　has　cut　for　itself　that　mountain　gullet；　or　sheer…down　chasm；　and　brought　out　with　it　an　Alluvium　or　Delta；on　which；　since　Adam's　time；　human　creatures　have　built　a　Hamlet。　That　is　the　origin；　or　unwritten　history；　of　most　hamlets　and　cultivated　spots　you　fall　in　with　here：　they　are　the　waste　shavings　of　the　Brook；　working　millions　of　years；　for　its　own　object　of　getting　into　the　Elbe　in　level　circumstances。　Ploughed　fields；　not　without　fertility；　are　in　the　interior；　if　you　ascend　that　Brook；　the　Hamlet；　at　the　delta　or　mouth　of　it；　is　as　if　built　upon　its　TONGUE　and　into　its　GULLET：　think　how　picturesque；　in　the　November　rains；　for　example！
  〃The　road〃　one　road；　〃from　Dresden　to　Aussig；　to　Lobositz；　Budin；　Prag；　runs　up　the　river…brink　（south　brink）；　or；　in　our　day；　as　Prag…Dresden　Railway；　thunders　through　those　solitudes；　strangely　awakening　their　echoes；　and　inviting　even　the　bewildered　Tourist　to　reflect；　if　he　could。　The　bewildered　Tourist　sees　rock…walls　heaven…high　on　both　hands　of　him；　River　and　he　rushing　on　between；　by　law　of　gravitation；　law　of　ennui　（which　are　laws　of　Nature　both）；　with　a　narrow　strip　of　sky　in　full　gallop　overhead；　and　has　little　encouragement　to　reflect；　except　upon　his　own　sorrows；　and　delirious　circumstances；　physical　and　moral。　'How　much　happier；　were　I　lying　in　my　bed！'　thinks　the　bewildered　Tourist；does　strive　withal　to　admire　the　Picturesque；　but　with　little　success；　notices　the　'BASTEI　（Bastion）；'　and　other　rigorously　prescribed　points　of　the　Sublime　and　Beautiful；　which　are　to　be　'done。'　That　you　will　have　to　DO；　my　friend：　step　out；　you　will　have　to　go　on　that　Pinnacle；　with　indifferent　Hotel　attached；　on　that　iron　balcony；　aloft　among　the　clouds　yonder；　and　shudder　to　project　over　Elbe…flood　from　such　altitudes；　admiring　the　Picturesque　in　prescribed　manner。
  〃This　Country　has　for　its　permanent　uses；　timber；　free…stone；　modicum　of　milk　and　haver；　serviceable　to　the　generality；and　to　his　Polish　Majesty；　at　present；　it　is　as　the　very　Ark　of　Noah：　priceless　at　this　juncture；　being　the　strongest　military　country　in　the　world。　Excellent　strength　in　it；　express　Fortresses；　especially　one　Fortress　called　the　Konigstein；　not　far　from　Schandau；　of　a　towering　precipitous　nature；　with　'a　well　900　feet　deep'　in　it；　and　pleasant　Village　outside　at　the　base；Fortress　which　is　still；　in　our　day；　reckoned　a　safe　place　for　the　Saxon　Archives　and　preciosities。　Impregnable　to　gunpowder　artillery；　not　to　be　had　except　by　hunger。　And　then；　farther　down　the　River；　close　by　Pirna；　presiding　over　Pirna；　as　that　Konigstein　in　some　sort　does　over　Schandau；　is　the　Sonnenstein：　Sonnenstein　too　was　a　Fortress　in　those　days　of　Friedrich；　but　not　impregnable；　if　judged　worth　taking。　The　Austrians　took　it；　a　year　or　two　hence；　Friedrich　retook　it；　dismantled　it：　'the　Sonnenstein　is　now　a　Madhouse；'　say　the　Guide…books。
  〃Sonnenstein　stands　close　east　or　up…stream　of　Pirna；　which　is　a　town　of　5；000　souls；　by　much　the　largest　in　those　parts；　Konigstein　a　little　down…stream　of　Schandau；　which　latter　is　on　the　opposite　or　north　side　of　the　River。　These　are　the　two　chief　Towns；　which　do　all　the　trade　of　this　region；　picturesque　places　both：　th