ENVIRONS OF WILDBAD.

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ceives the prize, namely tlie cock, to wliich a handkerchief and some other pieces of finery are added.

The shortest road back to Wildbad passes by Z avehtein, an imposing ruin, overgrown with ivy, wliich dominates the valley. Here Count Eberhard tlie Wrangler found shelter <m his forced retreat from Wildbad. A law prohibits in- terment in the valley of Teinach; the inhabitants in con- sequence are obliged to bury thcir dead in the grave yard, or god’s acre, as the Germans poetically have it, of Zavel- stein. The view froin this point upon the dark valley below is melancholy in the extreme. It looks like an immense tomb, guarded by tall and solemn pines that mournfully wave their heads; like the spirits of the departed:

Mortal, they softly say,

Peace to thy heart,

We too, 0 morta!!

Were as thou art,

Hope-liftcd, doubt-depressed,

Seeing in part,

Tried, troubied, tempted,

Sustained, as thou art!

At Reichenbach the road reunites with the route from Calw to Wildbad.

From Calmbach to Neuenbürg your way Ieads along the Enz-valley; about midways lies Höfen, an elegant village with many saw-mills, and a wealthy and industrious popu- lation. The road is not deficient in attractive scenery. Neuenbürg is a small town of 1500 inhabitants, with narrow strects, an old castle, and the ruins of a still older one. There are several iron mines in the neighbourhood, the only ones in Würtemberg, whose produce is fit to be con- verted into Steel. Three leagues farther on is Pforzheim, a thriving town of 6000 inhabitants, situated on the juncture