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The National Geographic Magazine 



A HAMLET IN THE BLACK FOREST 



zon. To the east an array of mountain 

 peaks, divided by the valleys of the 

 Murg, Nagold and Neckar, project their 

 forest crowns, and a little to the right 

 .and far beyond the Jungfrau and other 

 noted peaks of the distant Alps may be 

 seen, while the great ranges of the Black 

 Forest extend in parallel ridges to the 

 south. 



A short journey southwest of Baiers- 

 bronn brings one to the source of the 

 Mufg River and to the famous "high 

 road" or pass of Kniebis, celebrated dur- 

 ing the wars of the French Revolution. 

 This road, paved and graded to bear the 

 heaviest artillery and extending for miles 

 along the crest of the highest mountain 

 ridge, connects the Rhine Valley with 

 the Neckar, was one of the passes used 

 by the 'French in invading south Ger- 

 many and was taken by them in 1796 and 

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SPLENDID ROADS 



Aside from the forest itself, one of 

 the most striking features of the Black 

 Forest district is the magnificent system 

 of roads. Every valley has its stream, 

 and close by the side of every stream 

 the main road, uniformly fifteen feet in 

 width, bends gracefully along its banks 

 and accompanies it from the lower part 

 of the valley far up to where the narrow 

 cleft loses itself in the forest ; here it 

 may turn and follow the course of a 

 mountain ridge or it may pierce the 

 divide and descend the opposite slope 

 into the valley beyond. 



These roads are even better kept than 

 the roads of rural England; they are 

 more uniform in their width, and their 

 edges are trimmed to the sod with a 

 nicety and precision that reminds one of 

 the roads and- walks in the most elaborate 



