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"carcer", or prison, in which students have been imprisoned for generations, - at first by the University authorities, now by the police. If a student commits an offense he is put in here, instead of the city prison. There are two (or rather 3 connected) small cells downstairs, which once served as the carcer, and the toilet open, with slab, and the small opening through which they received food, are still here.
The present carcer is upstairs, and consists of three rooms and a corridor.  Every prisoner decorates some part of the walls with paint, - usually his own profile is a part.
All kinds of inscriptions appear, - even the american RATS, inscribed by one, Max Saloman of San Francisco.  Each prisoner also leaves

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his photo, and these are fastened with putty in a frame on the door. Otto von Bismarck's photo also graces the door of one cell. There are bars on the windows, - twisted by many efforts.
Even the ceilings have inscriptions and paintings. There seems to be some sort of grouping in the cells according to franternities.
The duel evidently prevails for I saw a very large number of men on the streets, - young men and old, - with the left cheek (and often nose) badly scarred. A curious display of German "culture'! It rained!
We returned to the depot, & got a poor meal for a good price at the R.R. restaurant, - contrary to the rule, for the R.R. restaurants are usually reasonable in Germany.
I bought quite a number of postal