Besides this cathedral there are four or five parochial churches, of which the most remarkable is that of _St. Michael_; but among such a multitude of conventual churches, and each of these furnished with a large number of altars, the parochial are in a great measure obscured. The most splendid convents of the place are first, that of the Dominicans; after this the Benedictines, formerly belonging to the _Scotch_; then two belonging to the Jesuits, of which one is called the _Domus professa_, the other the _college_; next the Minorite Franciscans, then the Angustines, and lastly the Capuchines. Of these the Minorite Franciscans have in their chapel a pattern of the _Scala sancta_; the Augustines the _Capella aulica_, and the pattern of the _Temple of Loretto_; the Capuchines a small but pretty chapel in one side of their church, wherein are buried the deceased of the Imperial family. The roof of the church belonging to the college of Jesuits is now newly painted in perspective, that is inimitable, by _P. Pozzo_ of that society; who likewise did the celebrated perspective in the church of that society at _Rome_. _Vienna_ was made the seat of the Imperial family by _Ferdinand_ the second, who translated it from _Gratz_. The imperial and royal palaces belonging to this place are, one old one in the city, usually called the _Bourg_; another in the suburb opposite to the Corinthian gate, called the Favorite; a third at _Eberstorff_, two hours distant from the city; and a fourth at _Luxemburg_, at the distance of two hours and a half. All these are plain, but capacious and convenient buildings; and the Emperor divides his residence betwixt them, according to the different seasons of the year. But at _Schonbran_, about two English miles distant from _Vienna_, is a new palace as yet in some measure unfinished; which is built for the King of the _Romans_ after the Italian mode, adorned in the pinacles with statues, a gentle ascent and spatious stairs up to the entrance, beautified with a regular garden behind, and on the front two ranges of stables and offices, that form a regular square court. The rooms and apartments within are stately and well proportioned, and the doors and chimney pieces richly built with Polonian marble. Besides these, in the way to _Eberstorff_ are to be seen the stately remains of the palace, called _Neugebac_; which was destroyed by the Turks in the late siege, and is not yet repaired. However there appears a regular front, consisting of proper pillars; and in some apartments of this ruined house are kept several wild beasts of great curiosity. These, with some others at _Schonbran_, I took an opportunity of viewing, and shall here give a brief account of them. At _Neugebac_ are two _lions_, one of which is about five years old, but the most stately and majestic as can well be seen. Three _cassawares_, a species of bird without wings, the body of the size and shape of a sheep, the legs long and thick in