i6o Hints on Landscape Gardening 



the park, along the arm of the river as far as the 

 Lock, where the branch has been led off from 

 the main stream. Here a weir has been built, to 

 keep the mass of water which is to be let into 

 the newly dug channel always under control. 

 Near the weir a bridge crosses to the opposite 

 shore. From this point the road rises gently up 

 the eastern bank on the right of the Neisse in 

 the woods, as far as the pheasantry (w), which 

 is not yet completed. I have projected it in an 

 uncommon form, after the model of a Turkish 

 country house, for which I must thank Herr 

 Rittmeister von Moliere, who copied it during 

 the Russo-Turkish campaign. It will be roofed 

 with bright glazed tiles, and besides the neces- 

 sary dwelling-houses for the keeper and his fam- 

 ily, will be furnished with a salon, which is quite 

 separated from the rest of the building. From 

 here one steps out on to a terrace (x) where, 

 looking under a few acacias, the whole pheas- 

 antry is seen spread out, while above it, through 

 a wide gap in the foliage, one may descry the 

 river, the post-bridge on the highway toward 

 Sorau, the baths, and the alum and refining works 

 in the distance. (See Plate XXL) A walk in the 

 fenced-in pheasantry is not without interest, as 

 gold, silver, and black and white pheasants are 

 kept here, and in the green square with a pavil- 

 ion in its center one can conveniently watch the 

 feeding of the pheasants and the hundreds of 

 birds gathering in an instant at the call of the 

 keeper, and their comical excitement as they dis- 



