LETTER IX.

Extensive woods of fir in Bavaria.--Grand Fair at Munich.--The Elector’s country palace.--Court Ladies.--Fountains.--Costume.--Garden and tea-room.--Hoydening festivities there.--The Palace and Chapel.--Gorgeous riches of the latter.--St. Peter’s thumb.--The Elector’s collection of pictures.--The Churches.--Hubbub and confusion of the Fair.--Wild tract of country.--Village of Wolfrathshausen.--Perpetual forests.--A Tempest.--A night at a cottage. 63