The Park in Muskau i8i 



where a belvedere [pp) has been built. (See 

 Plate XXXVII.) The extended drive along the 

 ridge of the mountain embraces the real Neisse 

 Valley vs^ith the fields and meadows of the town 

 burghers, which lie at the foot of the high alum 

 mountains and through which the river runs in 

 sharp curves. 



The six towers of the little town appear from 

 this place so high and so distant from one another 

 that a stranger might think he was entering a 

 big town. This view gradually disappears behind 

 the hills, and next we enter a young deciduous 

 woods with no distant view, which takes half an 

 hour to cross by a lonesome road, until we reach 

 the highest plateau in the park, where at a sharp 

 turn of the road the wide country and the whole 

 chain of mountains, from the snow summits to 

 the most easterly of the Bautzner Range, lies 

 before us, embracing half the horizon. The fore- 

 ground is formed of dark spruce forest and the 

 projecting pinnacles of the "Burg." Here an ob- 

 servatory has been planned. On the other side are 

 meadows gradually shelving away, and coupled 

 with other enclosures, together with the large 

 race-course intended for racing country horses 

 and the ancient buildings of the stud [rr). (See 

 Plate XXXVIII.) 



The road from here leads through pasture 

 grounds, partly also through loosely connected 

 woods in which the acacia dominates, and in a 

 short time reaches the above-mentioned stud, 

 which offers no interest except to a horse-lover. 



