We above all things counsel him who is no friend to the duel to banish that little word "_dumm_," stupid, entirely out of his mouth; for if he uses it to a student in the presence of another, the student, were he his best friend, must challenge the user of the unlucky term to fight, unless he recall the offensive expression. Every duel drops through, where the challenger recalls his _dummen jungen_, and this he can do with unblemished honour, if he has convinced himself that the other did not insult him purposely. Yet no student is willing to do this frequently, lest it might appear that he would cut a swell with challenges, and yet has not really the courage to fight. Every duel must be announced to the convention of seniors, which, if the affair goes off in smoke, must see that the challenge is returned as null. In earlier times the insulted party, that is, the person who heard the above opprobrious name applied to him, sent immediately to the offender a cartel-bearer, to inform him that after what had occurred, he must fight him in this or that manner. Come I athwart a proud _Pomadenhengst_,[17] Who with full sails of stale and puffed-up pride Draweth me near--I tread upon his toe. Thereat he wonders;--I tread on it again;-- Then grows he wroth:--"Hark ye," he cries, "was that Foot on purpose set there?"--"No, it was the heel," "The heel--So? Nay, that find I very strange." Then add I--"Oh, do me this only favour-- Find _nothing_ strange--_thou art a_ Dummer Junge!" At the present day people spare themselves this trouble, and also hold the time not so exact that the duel, as formerly, must come off within three days. As we have before observed, the weapons with which all student duels are fought belong to the Chores. An insulted party now, therefore, addresses himself to one of the Chores--that to which he belongs, or to which he has attached himself as a friend, though not a member--and prays the use of these weapons. His request is granted; if he be not a member he pays a certain sum for their use; and at the time which is agreeable to him, the Chore sends a Bursche to the _Chore-Kneipe_, where it is expected the challenger will be found, to announce to him the appointed day and hour of the duel. It is not necessary to name the place, as that is almost always the same, at Heidelberg being the well-known _Hirsch-gasse_, or, in plain English, Stag-lane. The students term this "to fix one." If this hour is convenient to the challenger, who has thus been fixed or determined, the Chore the same evening sends a Fox to the _Pawk-doctor_, a surgeon who regularly attends all the duels.