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castle ^[[insertion]] Die [[/insertion]] Pfalz is located on a low rocky island, low down, - in the river. (See postal card). Above (higher than) Caub rises the castle of Gutenfels (see postal card).
It is located on a rock half way up the slope.  All along here the slopes are terraced and covered with vineyards.
The valley is very narrow all along here.
Next on the left we saw the castle Schönberg ^[[insertion]] (see postal card) [[/insertion]] and our next stop was at Oberwesel.  Schönberg stands out prominently near the top of the lower bluff.
We sailed down the narrow valley, past the Lorelei rock, and stopped at St. Goar, which is the station for Lorelei.
Right opposite St. Goar is St Goarshausen and above it towers the castle Katz (see postal card).
On the left hand side, just below St. Goar is the castle Rheinfels (see postal card), - another great ruin, and

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still farther down, on the right side, we could see the ruins of the castle Maus.
It rained much of the way down the river, and was raining hard when we landed. We took dinner at the Rheinfels hotel at St Goar, and after dinner the sky cleared for a time.
I took photos 27 and 28. We then crossed the river on the ferry steamer "Lorelei" to St. Goarshausen, and I took photo. 5.
We then walked down the river towards the Loreley. I took [[underlined]] photo 6 [[/underlined]] from near the base of the Lorelei.
We purchased cards at a stand and climbed to the top of the Loreleŷ.
At the top I found open steppes, covered with a xerophytic vegetation. I noticed grasses, [[underlined]] Dancus carota, Achillea, [[/underlined]] leguminose plants, etc., - the usual steppe lot.
Few camporites. The view of the deep valley, rocky bluffs, terraces & wooded hills, & villages strung along river is fine. - also ruins of castles, rushing waters, etc.

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camporites may be a type of fern: http://plants.jstor.org/stable/history/10.5555/al.ap.visual.kadc7423