aioae lemarkable from its caormoos drciimference. 

A short iishi of steps lroa^t them into one of the boiei 
thai vere erected behind, and a little abore the spaee thit 
4eK9ded ampbitheatricallT to the orchestra, which contsiMd 
se&ts for six thoasaad persons. The stage was of soflScieDt 
cxte&i to nit thk theatre, aad the great drama abont to be 
performed on ic There was a proeceninm ci coosidenbla 
depch. and bejood it a closed theatre of mailer dimeosiooii 
lor the representation of interior wordnetanger, and tableaux from 
the Old Testament : and this theatre within a theatre had at 
each side a baildin^, with balconies, joioed by arches to the 
side-wordnetanger of the prosceniom. Throogh these arches, two 
long streets of Jemsalem were constantly visible ; and when 
the middle theatre was closed by its curtain, representiDg 
also a street in perspcctiTc, the whole formed a Tiew of the 
city of Jemsalem. 

Crowds of people soon began to poor In at all the en- 
trances ; and the rarions costnmes of the diflferent parts of 
Tyrol and BaTaria found numerous representatiyes, in the 
brightest aod freshest colors. John found time to become 
an enthusiastic admirer of the black bodices, and fantastic 
head-dresses, of the women ; while some rague ideas entered 
his miud, of procuring for himself one of those loose jackets 
and picturesque hats^ that seemed