23 



situation and the season, which begins with the 1st 

 May and lasts to the end of September. It is not 

 rare, however, to see patients at Carlsbad in April 

 and October s ). The most crowded period is from the 

 15th of June to the 15th of August, and, of course, 

 the price of lodgings then much higher than during 

 the first part, and particularly than during the later 

 part of the season, when proprietors, having nothing 

 more to hope, take lodgers almost at any price. 

 That price is always fixed weekly. Large families 

 will act prudently in securing their lodgings before 

 their arrival, and can apply, for that purpose, to the 

 physician to whom they are recommanded; in which 

 case it is indispensable to fix with precision the day 

 of the arrival, the length of the stay, the number 

 of rooms and beds, servants, horses, etc. Those who 

 have not taken such precautions, will find in general 

 temporary accommodations at the principal inns, such 

 as the Golden Schield, the Golden Lion and the 

 Paradise. 



As to living, visitors coming without their own 

 cook , find numerous eating - houses and restaurans, 

 where they can go to or send for their dinner. These 

 houses are frequented by ladies as well as gentlemen. 

 The Salle de Saxe , the Posthof and the Freund- 

 schafts - Saal y where the dinner is at so much a 

 head (in general one florin silver), are frequented 

 by the best company 5 but those who prefer to choose 

 their dishes, dine a la carte, and equally well, at the 

 Golden Schield, the Bohemian Salle, the Stadt Paris, 



