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WILDBAD.

CHAPT. VIII.

ROUTE II.

WILDBAD TO BADEN-BADEN.

5 German miles = 24 English miles; the road is very liilly, but lias bccn greatly improved in tbe course of the last years.

From Wildbad to Eyachmüble, a mill situated in a ro- mantic valley, on the banks of the rapid Eyach river. A steep ascent leads to

Dobel, a plateau, 2200 Par. feet above the sea-level, witli a fine view upon the Black Forest, and the Rhine-valley.

Herrenalb, a village, witli the buildings of an old abbey, and a curious accumulation of rocks, callcd the Falkensteine. From thence an excursion may be rnadc by pedestrians to tbe Mauzenstein (2335 F.), a mountain cone at the distance of 4 miles, witli one of the finest prospects of the country.

Loffenau, the last place within the territory of Wür- temberg. The hill near the village contains seven caverns, callcd Teufelskamniern, and above tlicni is the Teufels­mühle, a confused heap of fallen sandstone-rocks, 2809 feet above the sea level. Thence to

Gernsbach, a small town witli some ancient buildings. About a mile’s walk above it, on a rock, rising from the river Murg, Stands the castle of Neu-Eberstein, wliich ought to be visited, as the view from the towers is enchant- ing, and the castle itself is apt to convey a good idea of a seignorial seat of the middle ages, having beeil rccently repaired and fitted up by its present proprictor, the Grand­duke of Baden.

On your road y on pass the Devil’s pulpit, a rock, where bis infernal majesty is said to have once set up an Oppo­sition shop against an angel, sent to preach on the Engels-