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in places, and sometimes a newly ploughed field waiting 

 to be planted again after the early harvest. There is no 

 hint in the landscape of any reason for the romantic 

 name of the region. We stopped for the night at the 

 fascinating small wayside inn of the Golden Lion. 



' ' Four or five miles along we sent our remaining sacks 

 by train to Titisee. Then, through the beautiful woods 

 to the right, began the three hours' climb to the Feldberg, 

 over a charming path deeply shadowed by forest trees, 

 and with small rustic galleries built here and there for 

 special views. A very beautiful, broad road, thickly 

 shaded, led from this to Titisee, ten miles away, through 

 woods that were a delight, with views of exquisite scenery 

 opening constantly to the valleys below. The road con- 

 tinued full of delight in the way of unexpected beauty. 

 Fleeting glimpses of the snowy Alps, the long curves of 

 enchanting valleys, picturesque villages set in the midst 

 of gardens so carefully tended that they appeared to be 

 swept and garnished each morning, were always about us. 

 The beauty of the scenery, the perfect condition of the 

 roads, with a quaintness of dress and manner on the part 

 of the inhabitants which is fast becoming lost in other 

 parts of Germany, made these few days among the most 

 interesting of our four months' walking tour. " 



The net profits of the state forests of Baden and Wur- 

 temburg, in which countries the Black Forest is situated, 

 amount to $2,500,000 a year, mostly from non-agricultural 

 land. So far as I know, the friends of forestry in Minne- 

 sota only ask that a reasonable extent of territory in the 

 forest region, and to include some of the best lake and 

 forest scenery, be reserved for forestry and park purposes; 

 and the more the subject is investigated the more clearly 

 will it appear to everyone that its use for such purposes 

 will promote rather than retard development of all good 

 agricultural lands. 



