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A fine raifed terrace furrounds the lower 
part of the garden, beneath which the 
Danube is feen runhing in a gentle cur- 
rent. From hence the eye wanders with 
delight to a fine pitturefque chain of 
mountaing in the diltance ; and nearer, to 
fine woods and country shibee: Dbeautiful 
meadows, and numerous hamlets and vil- 
lages; and jult before the eyes is the thick 
and gloomy foreft of the Brigit. ‘This 
torett, which is about a league in. extent, 
is divided through its whole length by the 
Danube, the banks of which offer a deli- 
cious walk, and the ftream is here peace- 
ful and flow. Atthe entrance of the forett 
are fmall houfes, where refrefhments are 
fold. On feaft-days and holidays the 
foreft is full of people, and then every 
cottage is the fcene of mirth and good 
cheer, befides numerous parties under 
trees, in the adjoining meadows, or on the 
banks of the river. 
On crofling the river to the spooks fo- 
reft, the fcene is quite changed. Here 
the {cenery is wild and folitary. The 
Danube now becomes a fea, and f{preads 
atfelf Mhajeftically into feveral branches, 
forming, by its divifions, large iflands, 
fome of which are thick woods, others 
only fprinkled with beautiful groves, and 
others rich meadows. Here the fag bounds 
along the thickets, whilft the nightingale 
and other finging birds enchant the ear of 
the traveller. At.the end of this fine 
foreft the Danube is loft to the view. 
The cottages are fmall buildings, of a 
fingle ftory, well built, and white-wathed 
without, whilft within the appearance of 
health and plenty fits on the countenance of 
the inhabitants. . i 
The magnificent garden of Augarten, 
however, is much neglected by the inha- 
bitants, who prefer the Prater, efpecially 
thofe who keep carriages and {plendid 
equipages. A little beyond the town you 
arrive at the Prater, by a fine avenue, a 
league in’ length, which runs through a 
foreft, This foreft, however, appears a 
large village, for houfes and cottages are 
f{cattered throughout. There are houfes 
for refrefhment in the Turkith, Chinefe, 
Italian, and Englifh, tafie, befides rooms 
for billiards and other amufements, all 
painted and decorated with great elegance. 
‘The inhabitants of this foreft are neither 
woodmen nor fhepherds, but are fellers of 
coffee and lemonade, confectioners, keep 
eating-houfes, or elfe are muficians, dan- 
cers, fhew fleight-of-hand tricks, and a 
number of fimilar employments. Here 
is a particular privileged part of the 
wood, in which princes and citizens, monks 
and foldiers, all that is high or low in 
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rank, all that is pretty or homely among 
the women walk together without reftraint 
In the evening it 3s the 
mall for all the pretty women, whilft all 
the houfes around are fo many temples of 
good cheer, which are conftantly crowded. 
Gentéel company, indeed, generally fatisfy 
themfelves with ices, or coffee and cream, 
but before and after the promenade they 
require fomething more fubftantial. This 
is the place too tor rope dancers, dealers 
in various toys and curiofities, fo that in 
truth the whole wood feems an enchanted 
palace of pleafures. Whilit the walkers 
are thus amufing themfelyes, the large 
avenue is crowded with {plendid equipages 
(which are extremely numerous in Vienna) ; 
and carriages of every defcription, coaches, 
cabriolets, ight elegant whifkeys, drawn 
by Barbs, Englifh or Spanifh horfes, 
glance rapidly along, fo that the whole 
road is in motion as far as the Danube, 
which terminates the courfe. 
The Prater is the place in which mag- 
nificent fire-works are often exhibited. 
From hence, too, the agronaut Blanchard 
afcended in his balloon; and in fhort, this 
is the {pot in which all out-door fpectacles 
are given, which are very numerous in this 
large capital. \ 
Nothing, however, equals the pleafure, 
in a fine day, of dining under fome tree on 
the banks of the Danube, regaled with 
charming mufic that attracts the ftags _ 
and deer, who come and eat bread out of 
the hand. 
Thefe are enjoyments. which render 
Vienna fo attra&tive, and which are pof- 
felled by few other capitals in Europes. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
FARTICULARS relative to the New 
PLANET, difcovered on the fifi Day of 
this CENTURY. 
HE celebrated Aftronomer M. von 
Zach, had communicated to Dr. Ol- 
bets, of Bremen, M. Piazzi’s obferva- 
tions of the rft and 23d of January; and 
on the 30th of May received from him a 
calculation of new elements of the planet’s 
orbit. Thele elements, however,’ could 
not be determined with any great exact- 
neis, as the objervations are only twenty- 
two days diftant from one-another, and 
are only given in minutes. Dr. Olbers 
found, however, from all the data then 
nba the Diameter of the orbit 2,94746 5 
——Longitude of the afcending node, 
as 21° 55’ 10"—Inclination of the orbit, 
7° 54'33'—Heliocentric longitude om the 
rft of January, 1801, 25 7° 40! 36%— 
Sidereal Revolution, 1841,24 days—= © 
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