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and gold ; and, in some villages, there is a mineral bath,so hot, that a finger could not be kept in it a moment.This water is reckoned good for rheumatic complaints.A neighbouring field, through which the Birse runs, isheld in great veneration, on account of a battle foughtthere by the Swiss and Germans , wherein the formercommitted such slaughter, that not a single person sur-vived to carry home the news of the defeat. On thisspot they erected a chapel, in which they interred theremains of the enemy. This defeat compelled the Em-peror Maximus to sue for peace, which the Swiss readily granted, as they wished to live in friendshipwith their neighbours. Not far hence are the castleand village of Dornach , both delightfully situated on theborders of the Enget, a fine river, but small, formed byone of the beautiful cascades on the Jura . After it hasexcavated rocks, rolled over precipices, and displayedits magnificence to the wandering eye, it softly meandersthrough the plains to join the silvery Aar. On the bor-ders of this river is placed the little town of Liechenston,which was consumed by fire in the year 1381. In re-building it, the workmen discovered a great many Romanantiquities, and subterraneous passages. The supersti-tion that predominates over the manners of the people°f this canton, is very perceptible in all their actions.In travelling through it in Lent , no animal food what-ever can be procured; but abundance of delicious fish