25 September: During the night there had been a severe rainstorm; in the morning it cleared up a little. The stage arrived, and again there was no room in it for us; we had to endure it here for another day. The passengers had seen Mr. Bodmer back in Reading, where he, too, had been unable to find a seat.

On 24 September, however, we went hunting. In a northerly direction, we entered the forest, which is almost inaccessible up here along the fields of the town because of the large amount of fallen timber. Immediately thereafter a true primeval forest begins.