. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . A VILLAGE IN THE BLACK FOREST. NIGHT SECOND. 95 as though the passions of men had never been excited there, or th^e soilreddened with blood. We took a principal street on our arrival, and followed theuncertain way. It led to the cathedral, on high ground. At the en- 88111. PEASANTS HOUSE IN THE BLACK FOREST. trance to the grand old church stood the figures of St. George and on prancing horses. The interior was high and lofty, with animposing organ. Here we read on one of the tombs, Erasmus ofRotterdam. The famous Black F
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . A VILLAGE IN THE BLACK FOREST. NIGHT SECOND. 95 as though the passions of men had never been excited there, or th^e soilreddened with blood. We took a principal street on our arrival, and followed theuncertain way. It led to the cathedral, on high ground. At the en- 88111. PEASANTS HOUSE IN THE BLACK FOREST. trance to the grand old church stood the figures of St. George and on prancing horses. The interior was high and lofty, with animposing organ. Here we read on one of the tombs, Erasmus ofRotterdam. The famous Black Forest is comprised within the lines of an isos- 96 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN LANDS. celes triangle, which has Basle and Constance at each end of the lineof base. The Rhine turns toward the north at Basle, and very nearlyfollows two lines of the figure. The forest covers an area of abouttwelve hundred square miles. It is a romantic seclusion, having Basle,Freiburg, and Baden-Baden for its cities of supply and exchange; fullof pastoral richness, lonely grandeur; a land of fable and song. The Black Forest Railway is one of the great triumphs of engineer-ing skill. It is ninety-three miles long, and has some forty takes the traveller from Baden at once into the primeval , a very quaint town, is situat
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