July 25 Thursday – The second day of the carriage trip over country that Sam and Joe would tramp in early August. Eclectic entries from Sam’s notebook:
Green theatrical fine forest before Allerheiligen.
Steep slope clothed in green velvet--before theatrical forest.
Saw a small deer here.
Superb view from Teufelstein, Luisaruhe & Englekanzel.
C[lara] when down & visited the waterfalls.
A ruin where a Kloster was built 700 yr ago. Leave the monks alone, every time, to pick out the loveliest spots.
People gardening high above our heads before Allerheiligen.
Beautiful bright green grass everywhere.
Lovely valley & quaint thatched houses in Thal befor[e] Seeberg [Seebach] or some such name.
Drenching rain all down the Schlectes Weg which approaches Allerheiligen. Bright holly bushes.
Sometimes the cows occupy the first floor, sometimes the family
Saw a cow’s rump projecting from what should have been the drawing room.
If they had Schwarzwald bread, the feeding the 5,000 was hardly a miracle [MTNJ 2: 117-8].