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Although the description of the park ends 

 here, a few words are due concerning more re- 

 mote questions which are connected with the 

 subject. As I have the great advantage of exten- 

 sive and connected territories, and as no advan- 

 tage should be neglected, I have attempted to 

 utilize it in the following manner : — 



A mile southeast of Muskau, toward the Si- 

 lesian Mountains, I laid out a park for wild deer 

 with a villa and huntsman's hut ; and in a south- 

 easterly direction, at a distance of two miles, a 

 larger park for stags and wild boars. The foun- 

 dation for this last was afforded by an old hunt- 

 ing and pleasure castle, where for centuries plenty 

 of game was sacrificed to the hunting nobility. 

 Both parks are connected by twin roads, going 

 to and fro, which are reserved for the owners 

 alone and never leave my land, and lead through 

 the most interesting portion of the country, con- 

 nected with the castle park, so that one may pro- 

 long the drives already described in one or other 

 of these places for the whole day, if one wishes. 

 A fifth road, besides, has been projected, for di- 

 rect connection between the two parks for wild 

 animals, which will lead unbroken for several 

 miles through the main woods, and which, as 

 the chronicles mention, borders the royal graves 

 and Swantewit's hills of sacrifice. I have at- 

 tempted to restore, in the form of sacrificial 

 altars, some grotesque stone forms found during 

 excavation. 



The first grounds laid out, which I have al- 



