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seem to liave liitlierto received. Dr. Plieninger, wlio is a cclebrated accoucheur in Stuttgart, found the Liebenzell-bads niost strikingly beneficial in fcmalc complaints, and tliat tbe reputation tliey had enjoyed for niany years, of reinoving the causes of sterility, was by no means undeserved. — The Liebenzell water is also very generally uscd as a cos- metic by the people of the neighbourhood.

At tlie distance of twelve miles beyond Wildbad, an other celebrated Spa is found in the heart of the Black Forest, where two species of mineral waters, dose to eacli other, rise from the sandstone rock which is so prcvalent in the Schwarzwald. — At the bottom of a deep valley, sur- rounded by double an,d triple rangcs of mountains covered witb forest trees, lies Teinach. Nature is here in its purest and wildest state; and where the hand of inan has raised its mark, it has left tokens of the rüde condition of its master.

At tlie tcrmination of the village a large post-liouse establislnnent appears, and near it the Brunnen are placed. A square pavilion has bcen erectod over the springs, witli a flat roof supported by two arches. A wide gallery runs on one side of this pavilion, which is lighted by four Wind­ows on two side^, and by a continuous window on the side next to the entrance. A handsome (light of Steps leads down to the paved floor, where the mineral springs, en- closed in little Wells, are seen to flow. Of these there are two kinds. The first yields an acidulous water, clear, transparent, and sparkling, which rises from four wells, out of the Schwarzwald rock (variegated or red sandstone). Three of these wells are kept covered with wooden lids, and locked when not used, while the fourth is ever open and free for public use. The sccond spring, supplying a turbid water of a greenish colour, is situated at a little