Return to Vienna. 125 



ed to be of European manufacture, but the drawings on them, 

 except two little designs of a field of battle, were not com- 

 parable to those fabricated at Sevres, Berlin, and Vienna. 

 The same magazine contained also a large quantity of grotesque 

 china ware, in glaphic talc. 



The gardens and woods behind the chateau have nothing very 

 agreeable, as the soil is not well adapted for vegetation. The 

 plantations have not been judiciously planned ; they are modelled 

 on the antique French taste, but the proportions are ill observed, 

 and we have, on the whole, a very ordinary garden, crossed by 

 straight alleys. The statues, that formerly were its ornament, 

 have been removed to Eisenstadt. 



The chateau of this last is a square building, on which the 

 eye reposes with an exhilarating effect, though it does not ex- 

 hibit that richness of grandeur which Eszterhazi possesses. It 

 was built, in 1683, but fitted up, with a number of additional 

 embellishments, especially on the side of the garden, by the 

 present prince. The front towards the villas, is ornamented with 

 busts of all the ancient kings of Hungary. I noticed these with 

 a passing glimpse, but there was nothing in them to draw my 

 particular attention. The entrance is through a gate that seems 

 too small for the building; then, passing through a vestibule that 

 has nothing remarkable, we arrive at a square court, surrounded 

 with buildings of some height. The effect of these is rather 

 sombrous ; at the opposite extremity we find a little low arched- 

 way, which leads to the garden. There the prince has erected, 

 in front of the building, a very beautiful perystile, with a gentle 

 semicircular descent on each side, for the convenience of car- 

 riages arriving at the first story. This is an elegant structure, 

 but not in accordance with the rest of the chateau. The gardens 

 are in the English style, and there being sheets of water inter- 

 spersed, and the ground undulated, I felt the glow of satisfaction 

 at the artificial creation, and must acknowledge the sublime 

 effect which the scenery produced on my mind. Opposite the 

 castle, they were building a kisque, which was to be called the 

 Temple of Night ; it is raised over a piece of water, encircled 

 with artificial rocks, cut with too much uniformity, and ill suited 

 to the taste of a geologian, accustomed to expend time in ex- 

 ploring the vast recesses of primitive nature. 



In one part of the garden, on the slope of a hill, are the 

 plantations which the prince has constructed, in imitation of 

 those of Schronbrunnj they contain an immense collection of 

 plants of all countries. I was most struck with the beautiful se- 

 ries imported from New Holland. The collections from China 

 are not less remarkable ; and, altogether, the botanical establish- 



