24 Rambles with a Fishing-Rod. 



building, whilst a somewhat dreary Speise Saal, 

 adorned with portraits of the Emperor and 

 Empress of Germany, takes up most of the 

 ground-floor. The Schluch See itself is nearly 

 two miles long, and from a quarter to half a 

 inile in breadth, lying almost due east and 

 west. The hills to the south are covered with 

 thick pine -woods, which come down to the 

 edge of the water, giving the lake a dark 

 and sombre character. But below the vil- 

 lage there is plenty of cultivated land, chiefly 

 these carefully tended and closely mown fields, 

 crossed by tiny water-courses, which are so dif- 

 ferent from the English meadow. Among these, 

 perched on a hill well above the lake, stands 

 the village, some 2000 feet above the sea, 

 which from its situation is undeniably healthy 

 more so than many places which, standing 

 at a greater elevation, are locally less fresh 

 and airy. 



In the Black Forest the lake is well known 

 as a good fishing-ground; but unfortunately, 

 this reputation is caused only by the pike- 

 fishing. No angler will despise a good day's 

 pike-fishing ; but it is, piscatorially at least, sad 

 to see a fine sheet of water, fed by and supply- 



