654 Life of Count Rumford. 



so well commenced. From here is a pleasing view. Other 

 monuments, bridges, and pavilions adorn the grounds, which 

 are always kept in the most perfect order. 



" The English Garden is the great resort of the citizens, who 

 fully appreciate this beautiful spot, and who, in common with 

 all Germans, are so fond of living in the open air. At all 

 seasons of the year are people to be seen both walking and 

 driving along its winding paths, enjoying nature to the full. In 

 the spring of the year it is musical with the notes of the nightin- 

 gale, the lark, and other song-birds, which are here so numer- 

 ous. In winter the lake is the favorite skating-ground, and is 

 merry with the sports of thousands of people of all classes and 

 of both sexes. In summer the military and other bands per- 

 form here. 



" The thanks of the people are due to Count Rumford, not 

 only for the creation of the English Garden, but for the impetus 

 which through this has been given to further improvements. 

 On the opposite bank of the Isar, and connected with it by a 

 bridge, is the new park, extending up the river for over a mile 

 and a half, joined to the city by two bridges. This is to be 

 further extended, and is already in progress, so that ultimately 

 this belt of park-land will fully encircle more than half the 

 city, and will furnish a drive in one direction of ten English 

 miles. 



"When I first came to Munich, fourteen years ago, the 

 whole of the right bank of the Isar overlooking the city was a 

 dreary waste of stunted meadow-land without a single bush 

 upon it to relieve its monotony. It is now closely planted with 

 fine trees of large size laid out in groups, the paths winding 

 along in accordance with the natural undulations of the ground ; 

 and this New Park, as it is called, is a worthy continuation of 

 the English Garden. 



" The improvements which have been made in the science 

 of arboriculture have made possible the transplanting of very 

 large and old trees, which are often brought from a great dis- 

 tance, so that although only ten years have elapsed since the 

 commencement of these grounds, they have no longer the look 



