| From Booklet END OF THE LINE Schaffhausen marks the end of Rhine
traffic as the river plunges between steep banks in an 80-foot
waterfall. The nearby town of Stein-am-Rhine is a remnant from the me-
dieval past with its carved and frescoed shops and houses.
BERN. THE CITY OF BEARS Bears are everywhere in the capital city of
Switzerland. Live ones in the famous bear pit beg for food that the
people buy to feed them each day. Bear images decorate the fountains,
sit eating grapes on the wood carvings in churches, and legend says that
the original name for Bern was "Baren," the German word for bear. The
people claim they are like the bears themselves, a little slow and
clumsy, but honest and hard-working. Even four hundred years ago Bern
was noted for its beauty, and it has changed less than any other Swiss
city. The houses are sandstone, all blending in with one an- other, with
arcades over the sidewalks and flower boxes at the windows. Along the
main street are a series of fountains such as the one of Moses, most of
them executed in the 15th century. Bern is the gateway to the Bernese
Oberland, an area of high mountains and alpine meadows, fat cattle, and
the world-famous Swiss cheese—called Emmental in Switzerland. More
important to the economy, in this area are many of the dams providing
electricity to run industries and railroads. The building of new
hydroelectric plants continues even though Switzerland al- ready has
three hundred major installations and hundreds of minor ones. ETC ETC
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