174 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



days when there was dancing at Amalienburg, men did 

 not wear the sombre-coloured coats that now in a measure 

 help, by contrast, to show off the ladies' clothes of rain- 

 bow tints. When the musicians struck up the stately 

 minuet, knee-breeches and stockings, and velvet coats 

 with gold and silver brocade waistcoats, made the men 

 look as picturesque as their ladies. Now the only remnant 

 of the former life of the little hunting-box is to be found 

 in a room beyond the ball-room, where in a recess is an 

 ancient " Excellenz sofa." Thi's bright yellow drawing- 

 room, which opens into a blue-grey boudoir beyond, was 

 no doubt where the great ladies, honoured guests, were 

 led after the dance to rest awhile, whilst negro page-boys 

 in bright suits handed refreshing glasses of coloured 

 syrups. Beyond these rooms we find a passage with 

 sporting pictures of birds, hares, and other animals let 

 into the panelling, and next to it is a room with kennels 

 for the retrievers, and cupboards in plenty for the sports- 

 men's guns. 



We have by no means exhausted the joys of Nymphen- 

 burg, for in the same park is another small surprise 

 schloss called the " Badeburg" (Fig. 99). Here a spacious 

 dining-hall (A) extends the whole width of the building, 

 and opening out of it is a drawing-room (C) which bears 

 the somewhat peculiar name of " White Fox," accounted 

 for by the picture of this celebrated animal let into the 

 panel above the mantelpiece. A door leads from here 

 to the bath-house (B), a luxurious and delightful one, 

 where six feet depth of water gave scope for all sorts 

 of games and swimming feats. Evidently here large 

 parties were given, since a spacious gallery all round 

 leaves room for musicians as well as spectators. How 

 delightful these private orchestras must have been, which 

 could be summoned from one small pavilion to the other 

 for the enlivenment of guests ! Approached by another 



