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ou the other, the pine-woods, which cover the 

 base of the Seehorn, darken the waters of the 

 little lake. Davos Dorfli is not more than five 

 minutes' walk from the lower end of the lake ; 

 whilst the more fashionable Davos Platz, where 

 the majority of visitors stay, is fully half an 

 hour's walk distant. About half-way down the 

 lake is another small inn, the Gasthaus Seehorn ; 

 but the Hotel Fluela, in Davos Dorfli, is the 

 best place for any one to take up his quarters 

 at who wishes to try his luck in the Davoser 

 See. It is a comfortable and homely house, 

 carried on in a patriarchal fashion, almost by an 

 entire family, from Herr Gredig, the proprietor, 

 downwards. Two boats one for rowing as we 

 understand the word, another for rowing d la 

 gondolier are possessed in common by the 

 Fluela and the Kurhaus Davos Dorfli. Two or 

 three boats also belong to the Seehorn ; so that 

 any one who wishes to fish must, if he can, 

 obtain one of these, as there seem to be no 

 others on the lake. In the meadows below, 

 the Landwasser runs the first mile of its 

 course, not quite so foaming a torrent as the 

 Landquart, but yet a very rapid stream. As 

 regards the Landwasser, it seems to be much 



