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GLIMPSES OF BOHEMIA.

the founder of the earliest Bohemian royal family, of whom many marvellous legends are told. We have thus seen three of the four hills which shelter and protect the city—the Hradschin, Laurenz Berg, and Wyssehrad. The fourth bears the name of the Wallace of Bohemia—Zizka the Invincible, “Rhinoceros Zizka,” as Carlyle calls him.
PRAGUE, FROM THE CASTLE STAIRCASE.
It lies to the north-east, and cannot be seen until we ascend the steps of the Hradschin. From that elevated position we have a splendid bird’s-eye view of the city.

Not the least interesting part of Prague is the Jewish quarter, one of the oldest Jewish settlements in Europe. The streets here are still narrower and the drainage worse than in other parts of the city. But