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is provisionally crowned only by a terrace and 

 pavilion. At the side under the bench mentioned 

 is a very thick and shady grove of limes near the 

 water (/), and here a small boat is stationed for 

 quicker communication with the avenue oppo- 

 site. A gleaming colored lantern of peculiar 

 construction, which forms the center of a broken 

 iron hoop, marks this point at night at a long 

 distance off. 



Behind the grove, through a wire arch into 

 the third garden, called the " Herrengarten," 

 the path leads as far as the river, which serves 

 as its boundary on this side. Soon afterwards we 

 come to an airy resting-place like a kind of 

 temple (w) whose thin iron pillars serve as sup- 

 ports for various kinds of clematis. The view be- 

 tween them opens to the west and north. In the 

 first direction one can see the town and one of 

 the farms on the height; in the other, one fol- 

 lows the bend of the river in the valley, and 

 various parts of the forest on its shores, not 

 hitherto visible. (See Table XVI.) At the side 

 stands another bench among flowers on the 

 lawn, made of tree-trunks turned upside down 

 so that the roots form a crown. These inter- 

 woven roots are richly embellished with clema- 

 tis, mosses, and flowers in pots, and present an 

 original appearance, far removed from the com- 

 monplace. The last resting-place is under four 

 oaks near a waterfall («) where the river plunges 

 over a smooth wall of broad stones in full tor- 

 rent, natural-looking and unbroken by any ob- 



