Pike-Fishing- in the Black Forest. 2 1 



ing it is both from the natural attractions of its 

 scenery and from the admirable character of 

 its people. But forest, in the common accepta- 

 tion of that word, it is not. Indeed, the gen- 

 eral idea that a tract of country denomin- 

 ated by this name is necessarily overgrown for 

 miles on every side by ancient trees, is abso- 

 lutely erroneous. In medieval days the forest 

 was what would now be termed uncultivated 

 land, on which, no doubt, trees to a great ex- 

 tent were the predominant feature. Thus the 

 great forests of Normandy were never simply 

 and solely masses of trees. But the main fea- 

 tures of the people of the Black Forest are cer- 

 tainly their simplicity and their industry. Prob- 

 ably throughout Europe no class of men are 

 more well-to-do than the clockmakers of the 

 Black Forest. By their own exertions they 

 have localised in a comparatively small tract of 

 Country a trade requiring ingenuity and clever- 

 ness. For if Tryberg and Furtwangen be taken 

 as the centres, the clockmaking trade of the 

 Schwarzwald will be found in and around 

 these two towns or rather, populous and flour- 

 ishing villages. But a most interesting in- 

 dustry is passed by innumerable travellers, 



