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There are also flattened stems.
In the Zoological cases are skulls and bones, turtles, starfishes, reptiles, etc. The geological room contains rocks and minerals, fossils, etc. There is a large, crumbling tusk of [[underlined]] Elephas, [[/underlined]] and two very large nuggets of gold.
In looking over all this material one marvels at the versatility of this great genius. He is remembered as a literary giant, but he was artist and scientist at the same time, and his scientific work covered a field which would appal the modern worker.
We left somewhat with the feeling that the good people of Weimar are very much inclined to commercialize sentiment.
After dinner we took the train for

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Frankfurt a. Main, at 1:18 P.M. The country from Weimar to Erfurt is not very rough. We still seem to be in a valley. From Erfurt to Gotha, and beyond, the country grows rougher and more picturesque. Mountains appear on the left. At Wutha it is much the same. The mountains are heavily timbered all along, - on the left. On the right there are rocky bluffs. This runs about the same to Eisenach.
The forest seems to be largely spruce, but there is some scotch pine and deciduous forest.
At Eisenach a lady parting with a man whom she addressed as "professor", stood right in the window of the door for a long time with absolutely no concern for the comfort of the other occupants of the section. In all