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various bushes, and from which limpid water is continually trickling down. You might fancy, you heard the
plaints of the transformed Erythia; and this rocky mass reminds us most strickingly of Gessners etching, accom-
panying his idyll, bearing that name.
The blown-up tower was built by Frederic the Victorious, who, being of a very warlike disposition,
endeavoured to secure and fortify his residence, as well as possible.
v.
P'iew of the castle of Heidelbergs taken at thejbot of the eminence.
Between the Frisenberg, carrying on its top the eastern terrace of the castle-garden, and the Jettenbühl, on
which the ruins of the ancient fort are seen, the water has furrowed a deep incisure, on the north eastern opening
of which, a few years ago, the cloister of the Carmelites was standing. The present view of the castle is taken
from the declivity of the Frisenberg, which is planted with vines, underneath the arches of the garden. On the
right side, there is nothing to be seen of the town, but a few gabel-ends, whilst the larger part of the ancient
destroyed fort in its ruins, is seen in its decayed glory. Otto Henry's splendid building, the back part of which,
that is visible here, does not indeed, betray any vestige of the richness and beauty of it's frontispice, which is
turned towards the yard, extends from the round to the octagon tower. Neither is it unlikely, that this back
part belongs to an earlier period; the singularly labyrinthic subterraneous passages and chambers, which are
underneath the building, at least, seem to be much older. They are, however, in many places so choaked up
with rubbish, that one actually must creep thro' them, not without some trouble and danger. To the right we
behold the palace of Frederic IV. with its two gable-ends, of which, together with the northern gallery, this
plate presents a view. A little lower down, the goats-mount is verging downwards. At the bottom, we see
the road, serpentining between trees and shrubbery into the garden, and towards the hindmost ruin. Here all
displays a luxuriant vegetation\ of which the artist has availed himself with ingeniousness and spirit, and his
plates eminently distinguish themselves, by his easy and picturesque treatment of trees and plants, from those
mannered prospects, adorned with flourishes.
various bushes, and from which limpid water is continually trickling down. You might fancy, you heard the
plaints of the transformed Erythia; and this rocky mass reminds us most strickingly of Gessners etching, accom-
panying his idyll, bearing that name.
The blown-up tower was built by Frederic the Victorious, who, being of a very warlike disposition,
endeavoured to secure and fortify his residence, as well as possible.
v.
P'iew of the castle of Heidelbergs taken at thejbot of the eminence.
Between the Frisenberg, carrying on its top the eastern terrace of the castle-garden, and the Jettenbühl, on
which the ruins of the ancient fort are seen, the water has furrowed a deep incisure, on the north eastern opening
of which, a few years ago, the cloister of the Carmelites was standing. The present view of the castle is taken
from the declivity of the Frisenberg, which is planted with vines, underneath the arches of the garden. On the
right side, there is nothing to be seen of the town, but a few gabel-ends, whilst the larger part of the ancient
destroyed fort in its ruins, is seen in its decayed glory. Otto Henry's splendid building, the back part of which,
that is visible here, does not indeed, betray any vestige of the richness and beauty of it's frontispice, which is
turned towards the yard, extends from the round to the octagon tower. Neither is it unlikely, that this back
part belongs to an earlier period; the singularly labyrinthic subterraneous passages and chambers, which are
underneath the building, at least, seem to be much older. They are, however, in many places so choaked up
with rubbish, that one actually must creep thro' them, not without some trouble and danger. To the right we
behold the palace of Frederic IV. with its two gable-ends, of which, together with the northern gallery, this
plate presents a view. A little lower down, the goats-mount is verging downwards. At the bottom, we see
the road, serpentining between trees and shrubbery into the garden, and towards the hindmost ruin. Here all
displays a luxuriant vegetation\ of which the artist has availed himself with ingeniousness and spirit, and his
plates eminently distinguish themselves, by his easy and picturesque treatment of trees and plants, from those
mannered prospects, adorned with flourishes.