. Little journeys abroad . those long, white ringerstouched became golden, and whereverthose melancholy eyes rested, there flashedback a glow of aureate splendor. Andthe very earth of his kingdom grew golden 70 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. according to his desire, for the mines ofBavaria gave rich yields of ore. Thismagnificent palace before us was only oneof the many he built. Entertained by these stories and remi-niscences, we had reached, and paused toadmire, the great fountains in front of thecastle. Here are bronze groups, — onePegasus, the other Fortuna, standing onher wheel; but the great ba
. Little journeys abroad . those long, white ringerstouched became golden, and whereverthose melancholy eyes rested, there flashedback a glow of aureate splendor. Andthe very earth of his kingdom grew golden 70 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. according to his desire, for the mines ofBavaria gave rich yields of ore. Thismagnificent palace before us was only oneof the many he built. Entertained by these stories and remi-niscences, we had reached, and paused toadmire, the great fountains in front of thecastle. Here are bronze groups, — onePegasus, the other Fortuna, standing onher wheel; but the great basins are nowfilled in with earth and grass-covered, asthe water-works, which cost originally halfa million marks, have been taken out andsold. The middle building—Mittelbau — isone hundred and two metres long, and thefacade is adorned by statues. Enteringthe hall, we were confronted by a noblebronze and silver enamelled peacock withdrooping tail, who looked majesticallydown on his timid helpmeet crouching athis 1 ^Mll A VISIT TO CHIEM SEE. 73 Around us in this long Marmorhallewere walls and pillars of what seemedcostly marble, but proved to be only agood imitation thereof. On the ceilingabove us were frescos of Europe, Asia,Africa, and America in allegorical figures,and around us were colossal statues. Ourguide led us on through the HartschierSaal, hung with gold-embroidered bluevelvet, where he pointed out a cabinet oftortoise-shell, valued at a sum which wetranslated into nineteen thousand thence we passed through the Gros-ser Vorsaal, or waiting-room, which islined with Scajola marble, and hung withlilac damask, gold-embroidered, into theSaal mit dem Ochsenauge, the handsomesalon, and a vivid reminder of us were pictures portraying scenesin the life of Louis Quatorze, and at oneend was a small bronze equestrian statueof that gay monarch. Over the green and 74 LITTLE JOURNEYS ABROAD. gold damask, and lace hangings, our partyfell int
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