290 FROM BUKOREST, 
CHAP, wise called Bronzino ; but there were many by 
other distinguished masters. To enumerate 
them would be inconsistent with the design of 
this work : nor 'should we have mentioned these, 
but for the remoteness of their situation, with 
regard to all the other repositories of the Fine 
Arts in Europe. After examining the collection 
of pictures, we went to the dinner-table, where 
we had an opportunity of witnessing the old 
German ceremonies and manners; the Governor 
being present, and much company. The wines 
were served in porcelain coffee-cups, and the 
dishes brought round to the company, one by 
one. ThevenerableBarongaveushisoldestTo^a?/, 
and other wines of Hungary and Transylvania, 
bidding us drink *' health to the Saxons,"^ 
saying that he was himself a Saxon; alluding 
to their colony in Transylvania. The dresses 
of the gentlemen were rather singular : 
they appeared in short-cut coats, or jackets, 
with bag-wigs and swords. The ladies too, 
affecting all the air and hauteur of a high German 
court, yet held their forks perpendicularly, 
grasping the handles as if they were holding 
walking-canes, in a manner that would be 
thought singularly uncouth and barbarous in our 
country: but it is curious enough that whole 
nations are characterized by a peculiarity in the 
