CHAPTER IX.

Private Life of the Student.--Visit of Mr. Traveller, the

Englishman, to the room of the Student Freisleben--his surprise at

what he saw--his friendly welcome--Description of the Room and its

various Decorations--Student word for comfortable--the Boot-Fox--

Origin of the word _School Foxery_, or pedantry--Wages of a

Boot-Fox--Expense of Living at the University--_Pendulums_

and _Knoten_--origin of the latter term--the House Philistine

and his duties--the Philose, the Besom, the House-Bursch,

and Room-Bursch--What it means to "Tail a Lecture"--

Dissertation-on-Dogs--A visit to the annual Dog-Muster---Students'

Dogs--their characteristics--one at a duel swallows up a Student's

nose--the little Dog Tambourli--the Student's love for his Pipe--

Pipes of various kinds, and in all their parts, described--Origin

of the word Fidibus--the philosophy of Smoking

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