The Park in Muskau 179 



Isolated as it is, and, as I have remarked, sug- 

 gesting, on account of its natural peculiarities, 

 an original treatment, the carrying-out of my 

 plan will I hope be quite appropriate, especially 

 as in grounds, which are intended for the gen- 

 eral public, something to suit all tastes is more 

 of a consideration than in the case of a decora- 

 tive garden, which requires a more critical ar- 

 raftgement. Already and without much assistance 

 this part of the " pleasure-ground " has something 

 exotic about it. (Plate XXXIII shows this fin- 

 ished on the map ; Plate XXXIV gives a view 

 of the whole baths ; Plate XXXV the view from 

 the salon of the moor baths; and Plate XXXVI, 

 the garden of the pavilion for drinking the 

 waters [00), a little place, closed all round, deco- 

 rated only with baskets of centijfolia rose and a 

 large antique camp bench with hortensias all 

 round it.) 



When we have visited all these, which will 

 occupy some hours, we get into the carriage 

 again, and follow the previous drive in a long 

 and high mountain ravine, where we meet first 

 a range for shooting at the target, and farther 

 on, in a wide basin formed by the mountains 

 around, various games and booths [pp) as well 

 as an open race-course and a jumping arrange- 

 ment for the exercise of the horses. 



We then continue up the hill, pass a coal- 

 works and a railway which leads through the 

 galleries of the mine to the alum huts, and en- 

 joy from the height another wide view, of which 



