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II. 



PIKE-FISHING IN THE BLACK FOEEST. 1 



TT is probable that the very nearness of the 

 -* Black Forest to one of the chief routes to 

 Switzerland is a cause of its being so little 

 frequented by travellers. Of all those who are 

 hurrying to and from Switzerland, and passing 

 by the main line of railway which runs along 

 the valley of the Ehine from Strasbourg to 

 Bale, not one in a hundred forsakes the beaten 

 track for the primitive recesses of the Schwarz- 

 wald. A hurried look from the carriage-win- 

 dow is cast at the hills darkened in places with 

 the sombre green of the pine-trees, and lighted 

 here and there with the bright pastures and 

 cheerful villages which form the outskirts of 

 this interesting tract of country. For interest- 

 1 1874. 



