The Duel.--This is a practice of the Middle Ages, that has firmly
maintained itself amongst the Students--the Author's opinion of
it--its actual good or evil in the system--to be regarded
principally as a trial of skill in fence--mode in which these
Duels are contracted, settled, conducted, and fought out--At
Heidelberg these take place in a well-known house in the
Hirschgasse--Duel Costume, and different species of Duel--Anecdote
of a little Jew who fought one--the Duel prohibited by the laws--
the Academical enactments against it--Attempts of the Beadles to
seize the Combatants--their watchers--the Red Fisherman, their
great champion--Students' dogs sometimes join in the contest--
Penalties, and University Prison