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AN ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
were many of the attitudes ! full of a savage poetry, which
I know not well how to convey in words. It was, in fact,
the sublimity of brute force. Then there were various
war-dances, in which the repetition of the same action and
sentiment by these six-and-twenty savage figures produced
a singular feeling, from its very monotony. They cast
javelins at a hideous giant of wood, and performed various
difficult and curious athletic feats,—such as standing upon
each other’s arms, and shoulders, and heads, turning them-
selves into a human pyramid, and finally ended by a foot-
race. Then to the sound of music came the distribution of
prizes, which consisted of gay banners and money. Shone
upon by the setting sun, the train, now worn, jaded, and
soiled with dirt and blood, returned towards the city. The
multitude dispersed itself across the plain; some sober
souls returning home; the greater number remaining to
feast and guzzle in the numerous booths. We left hun-
dreds enjoying their seventh heaven—beer, sausages, and
cheese.
AN ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
were many of the attitudes ! full of a savage poetry, which
I know not well how to convey in words. It was, in fact,
the sublimity of brute force. Then there were various
war-dances, in which the repetition of the same action and
sentiment by these six-and-twenty savage figures produced
a singular feeling, from its very monotony. They cast
javelins at a hideous giant of wood, and performed various
difficult and curious athletic feats,—such as standing upon
each other’s arms, and shoulders, and heads, turning them-
selves into a human pyramid, and finally ended by a foot-
race. Then to the sound of music came the distribution of
prizes, which consisted of gay banners and money. Shone
upon by the setting sun, the train, now worn, jaded, and
soiled with dirt and blood, returned towards the city. The
multitude dispersed itself across the plain; some sober
souls returning home; the greater number remaining to
feast and guzzle in the numerous booths. We left hun-
dreds enjoying their seventh heaven—beer, sausages, and
cheese.