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assemblcd round them. “So much for thc Teufelsmühlel ”—we howevcr gladly return to our peaceful Wildbad, wbere not even tbc echo of the turmoil and strife of the external world resounds, but wbere nature spcnds her choicest treasures, to heal and strengthen tbe exbausted Wanderer, seeking re- fuge on her warm and pitying bosom.

There are some other walks to tbe soutb of Wildbad, leading through wild and rarely trodden paths to scenes of great natural bcauty and magnificence. Of tliese we par-' ticularly recoinmcnd tbe one to tbe vallcy of tbc lesser Enz, witb tbe ruins of tbc castle of Fautsburg, across the Meistern hill, which will ainply repay tbe troublc of a pedestrian cxcur- sion;—it is bowcver advisable to take a guide to tliis spot, in Order to avoid being lost in tbe mountains, it being im- possiblc so to point out thc path as to preclude tbc chance of such an event.

Oncc niore we leave Wildbad, but tliis time in an oppositc direction. Soon after having left tbe town we cross a small woeden bridge, alfording access to a foot- patb, at tbe end of which, and after having passed by some of those wooden contrivances for storing hay and straw, peculiar to tbe country, we pcrceivc tbc counterpart to tbe inn first mentioned on tbe road to tbe Wild lake. It bears the appellation of Jägerhaus. Following tbe course of tbc Enz, we arrive at Calmbach, a village of 1400 iu- habitants, witb two inns of some merit. Tliis is tbc key to tbe Southern opening of tbe valley of Wildbad, and tbe knot in which tbc highroads from Pfonheim, Pieuenbiirg, and Calw unite. Calmbach may be considered as tbe central point of tbe timber trade of tbc Black Forest; all tbe wood hewn in a circumfcrcnce of 10 miles must pass it, and tbe firewood alone, floated down from tbe neighbourhood of Wildbad, aiuounts to 20,000 cords annually.