We first pass under the bridge tower of the old town, which is decorated with statues of the Bohemian patron saints and with the coats of arms of the countries that were formerly connected with Bohemia as well as that of the old town itself. The statues that now ornament the bridge formed no part of the original structure. As can be seen in ancient engravings, a crucifix only stood on the bridge at first. Rudolph erected statues of the Madonna and of St. John, and the others were gradually added, principally during the period of Catholic re-action in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. There are now thirty statues of unequal value, fifteen on each side of the bridge. It may be of interest to give a list of these statues, beginning with those that are to the right of the visitor who crosses the bridge from the old town into the Malá Strana:-- 1. St. Bernard (1709), by Jäckel. 2. St. Dominicus and Thomas Aquinas (1708), by Jäckel. 3. A bronze-gilt statue of the Crucifixion, with statues of the Virgin Mary and St. John. 4. St. John the Baptist (1853), by J. Max. 5. St. Ignacius of Loyola (1711), by Ferdinand Prokov; a foundation of the Jesuit College of Prague. 6. The Holy Trinity (1706), also by Prokov. Between this group and the next one, a cross and tablet mark the spot where St. Nepomuk was thrown into the river. 7. SS. Norbert, Wenceslas and Sigismund (1853), by J. Max. 8. St. John of Nepomuk, cast in bronze at Nüremberg in 1683, after a model of J. Prokov. 9. St. Anthony of Padua (1707), by Ulrich Mayer. 10. St. Judas Taddæus (1708), also by Ulrich Mayer. 11. St Augustine (1708), by Jerome Kohl. 12. St. Gactanus (1709), by Ferdinand Prokov. 13. St. Philip Binitius (1711), by Mendel of Salzburg. 14. St. Vitus (1714), by Ferdinand Prokov. 15. SS. Cosmas and Damianus (1707), by Ulrich Mayer. On the left side of the bridge are the following statues:-- 16. St. Ivo (1711), by Matthew Braun. 17. SS. Barbara, Margaret and Elizabeth (1702), by the brothers Prokov. 18. The Mater Dolorosa (1859), by Em. Max. 19. St. Joseph (1854), by Jos. Max; a gift of the Countess Prîchovská. 20. St. Francis Haverius (1711), by Ferdinand Prokov; a gift of the theological and philosophical 'faculties' of the University of Prague. 21. St. Christopher (1857), by Em. Max. 22. St. Francis Borgia (1710), by the brothers Prokov. 23. St. Ludmilla (1785), by an unknown artist. 24. St. Francis Seraphicus (1855), by Em. Max. 25. SS. Vincent and Prokov (1712), by Ferdinand Prokov. 26. St. Nicholas of Tolentino (1706), by J. Kohl. [Illustration: VIEW OF THE BRIDGE FROM THE MILLS OF THE OLD TOWN] 27. St. Ludgardis (1710), by M. Braun. 28. St. Adalbert (1710), by the brothers Prokov. 29. SS. John of Matha, Ivo and Philipp (1714), by Ferdinand Prokov. 30. St. Wenceslas (1857), by Camillas Böhn, after a sketch by the painter Führich.