Chapter VII
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