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Walks.
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the vogesian mountains, into the Elsass, Even the
naked eye can espy Strasburg, when the air is clear; by
means of a glass, you can even distinguish the Minster
of that city. In the south the prospect is bounded by
the high mountains of the Black Forest, by numerous
groups of forehills and promontories , enclosing the valley
of the Murg, The eye wanders south-eastward and east-
ward over the Kraichgau , far into the countries of Ho-
lienlohe and Wiirtemberg ; north-eastwarth the Odenwald
presents to the beholder, among other eminences, the
top of the Kataenbuckel (Cat’s-Hunch); the mountain-
fort Dilsperg (vid. farther below). We do not, however,
presume to give a circumstantial description of this
prospect, unique in its extent, and inferior only to the
Rigi; it must be seen. In summer you can be accomo-
dated with a telescope, on the summit, which brings
distant objects nearer to the eye.
If you should not be inclined, to return by the same
way, you nay chuse an other footpath on the northern
declivity, that takes you into the horseroad, immediately
above the castle; or you may descend from the top of
the mountain, to the Kohlhof, with a good rural public
house, lying 400 feet lower, by a fine beechforest, and
thence back to Heidelberg, by the horseroad. Good walk-
ers may proceed from the Kohlhof, on a romantic path
to Bammenthal (1 1/a league) and thence, by a charming
meadow-ground, to Neckargemund (1 league) and thence,
along the banks of theNeckar, return to Heidelberg in two
hours. There are also two roads that take you from the Kai-
serstuhl to Neckargemiind and the Wolf swell. If you are not
at leisure to make this excursion, you should not, at least,
neglect taking a walk to the Wolfswell, especially as
the road to it, from the castle, can be performed in half
an hour, is fit for carriages, and everywhere commands
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the vogesian mountains, into the Elsass, Even the
naked eye can espy Strasburg, when the air is clear; by
means of a glass, you can even distinguish the Minster
of that city. In the south the prospect is bounded by
the high mountains of the Black Forest, by numerous
groups of forehills and promontories , enclosing the valley
of the Murg, The eye wanders south-eastward and east-
ward over the Kraichgau , far into the countries of Ho-
lienlohe and Wiirtemberg ; north-eastwarth the Odenwald
presents to the beholder, among other eminences, the
top of the Kataenbuckel (Cat’s-Hunch); the mountain-
fort Dilsperg (vid. farther below). We do not, however,
presume to give a circumstantial description of this
prospect, unique in its extent, and inferior only to the
Rigi; it must be seen. In summer you can be accomo-
dated with a telescope, on the summit, which brings
distant objects nearer to the eye.
If you should not be inclined, to return by the same
way, you nay chuse an other footpath on the northern
declivity, that takes you into the horseroad, immediately
above the castle; or you may descend from the top of
the mountain, to the Kohlhof, with a good rural public
house, lying 400 feet lower, by a fine beechforest, and
thence back to Heidelberg, by the horseroad. Good walk-
ers may proceed from the Kohlhof, on a romantic path
to Bammenthal (1 1/a league) and thence, by a charming
meadow-ground, to Neckargemund (1 league) and thence,
along the banks of theNeckar, return to Heidelberg in two
hours. There are also two roads that take you from the Kai-
serstuhl to Neckargemiind and the Wolf swell. If you are not
at leisure to make this excursion, you should not, at least,
neglect taking a walk to the Wolfswell, especially as
the road to it, from the castle, can be performed in half
an hour, is fit for carriages, and everywhere commands