I had not much time to spare, so that I could only stay a few days with my relatives in Hamburgh; on the 26th September, I went in a little steamer from Hamburgh to Harburg, where we arrived in three quarters of an hour.

From thence I proceeded in a stage-carriage to Celle, about sixty-five miles.
The country is not very interesting; it consists for the most part of plains, which degenerate into heaths and marshes; but there are a few fertile spots peeping out here and there.
September 27th.
We arrived at Celle in the night.

From here to Lehrte, a distance of about seven miles, I had to hire a private conveyance, but from Lehrte the railway goes direct to Berlin.

{57} Many larger and smaller towns are passed on this road; but we saw little of them, as the stations all lie at some distance, and the railway-train only stops a few minutes.
The first town we passed was Brunswick.

Immediately beyond the town lies the pretty ducal palace, built in the Gothic style, in the centre of a fine park.