that I did not, for several minutes, perceive our arrival at
Guntsberg. Hurrying to bed, I seemed in my slumbers to pass that
interdicted boundary which divides our earth from the region of
Indian happiness. Thisbe ran nimbly before me; her white form
glimmered amongst dusky forests; she led me into an infinitely
spacious plain, where I heard vast multitudes discoursing upon events
to come. What further passed must never be revealed. I awoke in
tears, and could hardly find spirits enough to look around me, till
we were driving through the midst of Augsburg.

July 21st.--We dined and rambled about this renowned city till
evening. The colossal paintings on the walls of almost every
considerable building gave it a strange air, which pleases upon the
score of novelty.

Having passed a number of streets decorated in this exotic manner, we
found ourselves suddenly before the public hall, by a noble statue of
Augustus, under whose auspices the colony was formed. Which way
soever we turned, our eyes met some remarkable edifice, or marble
basin into which several groups of sculptured river-gods pour a
profusion of waters. These stately fountains and bronze statues, the
extraordinary size and loftiness of the buildings, the towers rising
in perspective, and the Doric portal of the town-house, answered in
some measure the idea Montfaucon gives us of the scene of an ancient
tragedy. Whenever a pompous Flemish painter attempts a
representation of Troy, and displays in his background those streets
of palaces described in the Iliad, Augsburg, or some such city, may
easily be traced. Sometimes a corner of Antwerp discovers itself;
and generally, above a Corinthian portico, rises a Gothic spire.
Just such a jumble may be viewed from the statue of Augustus, under