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 down-hill to a fine beech close to the high road, called the Stahl’s Buche. From this place we may either return to the Freundschaftssaal or to the Posthof. This promenade derives its name from the shade it affords at four o’clock in the afternoon.

6. The Faulenzerweg (Road of the Idle).—We ascend from the Mariengässchen, and, passing the chapel called Oelberg, we arrive at the Marienkapelle (Chapel of Mary); then to the right, after a few turnings, we arrive at the Buturlinweg, and further on at the Hammerkapelle. This is the beginning of the Faulenzerweg, that leads us in about half an hour’s time through a beautiful wood to the Marienbader Strasse, close to the Kaiser Park, where we rest.

7. To the Freundschaftshöhe and the Friedrich-Wilhelm Platz—We walk from the Mariengässchen to the Buturlinweg, and soon, turning to the right and passing a seat affording a fine view, we arrive at the summit of the mountain; a road to the right leads from here to the Hirschensprung; a road on the left (which we select) soon leads us past the favourite seat of the Grand Duchess Helena to Findlater’s Pyramid, and at last, after an up-hill walk of a quarter of an hour, we come to the Freundschaftshöhe, an oval place with a fine view. A small footpath leads further up to