As You Enter The Garden,
You Immediately Hear The Sound Of Vocal And Instrumental Music.
There Are Several Female Singers Constantly Hired Here To Sing In
Public.
On each side of the orchestra are small boxes, with tables and
benches, in which you sup.
The walks before these, as well as in
every other part of the garden, are crowded with people of all
ranks. I supped here with Mr. S - r, and the secretary of the
Prussian ambassador, besides a few other gentlemen from Berlin; but
what most astonished me was the boldness of the women of the town,
who often rushed in upon us by half dozens, and in the most
shameless manner importuned us for wine, for themselves and their
followers. Our gentlemen thought it either unwise, unkind, or
unsafe, to refuse them so small a boon altogether.
Latish in the evening we were entertained with a sight, that is
indeed singularly curious and interesting. In a particular part of
the garden a curtain was drawn up, and by means of some mechanism of
extraordinary ingenuity, the eye and the ear are so completely
deceived, that it is not easy to persuade one's self it is a
deception, and that one does not actually see and hear a natural
waterfall from a high rock. As everyone was flocking to this scene
in crowds, there arose all at once a loud cry of "Take care of your
pockets." This informed us, but too clearly, that there were some
pickpockets among the crowd, who had already made some fortunate
strokes.
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