WILDBAD. — CHAPT. II.
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He is remunerated by government, and bis salary is in- creased by subscriptions collecfed among tlie English resident«. — In the satne chapel the Suprcmc Being is worship- ped also according to the rites of the German Protestant, and tlie Roman Catholic Church.
The mention of a curiosity, pecnliar to Wildbad, onght not to be omitted here. — A blind minstrcl, a sort of iin- provisatore, in a woodcutter’s or shepherd’s dress, annu- ally descends from tlie bigblands of tbe Black Forest, to lash in doggrel rhymes tbe vices of tlie strangers luxuriating at Wildbad. It is particularly amusing to observe bim wbilc be makes bis verse, rocking bis body backward and forward witb a sort of sawing motion, like an Irish- woman, singing tbe Ulican.
Although tbe bigblands of tbe Black Forest are at so sbort a distance (tbe Katzenkopf, 3612 F., tbe bighest point of Wiirtemberg, being at about 8 — 9 liours walk beyond Wildbadi, still tbe climate of tbis valley is milder than niigbt be expected. Tbe mean temperature at Stuttgart, wbich is cönsidered tbe mildest place of tbe countvy, in summer, is 14° i6' of Reaumur, and it rises to 25° 95' iq tbe hottest days. In winter it is -(- 0° 65', and down to —11° 18' on tbe coldest days; — at Wildbad during tbe montbs of July and August wbich are generally tbe time of the greatest heat, the mean temperature, according to Dr. Fricker’s observa- tions is 14" R., showing a difference of but tbree fourths of a degree in favour of Stuttgart. Winter, it is true, here sets in earlier, and leaves later, still there have been winters wlien the snow did not remain above a fortnight. Besides, in tbe depth of the valley, and particularly in tbe neigh- bourhood of the bot springs, the snow never remains. — This mildness of tbe climate makes Wildbad peculiarly adapted for winter-cures, and the advantages it offers in