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 situation and the season, which begins with the 1st May and lasts to the end of September. It is not rare, however, to see patients at Carlsbad in April and October (⁵). The most crowded period is from the 15th of June to the 15th of August, and, of course, the price of lodgings then much higher than during the first part, and particularly than during the later part of the season, when proprietors, having nothing more to hope, take lodgers almost at any price. That price is always fixed weekly. Large families will act prudently in securing their lodgings before their arrival, and can apply, for that purpose, to the physician to whom they are recommandedrecommended [sic]; in which case it is indispensable to fix with precision the day of the arrival, the length of the stay, the number of rooms and beds, servants, horses, etc. Those who have not taken such precautions, will find in general temporary accommodations at the principal inns, such as the Golden Schield, the Golden Lion and the Paradise.

As to living, visitors coming without their own cook, find numerous eating-houses and {lang|fr|restaurans}}, where they can go to or send for their dinner. These houses are frequented by ladies as well as gentlemen. The Salle de Saxe, the Posthof and the Freundschafts-Saal, where the dinner is at so much a head (in general one florin silver), are frequented by the best company; but those who prefer to choose their dishes, dine à la carte, and equally well, at the Golden Schield, the Bohemian Salle, the Stadt Paris,