14 SKETCHES BY A PRACTISING ARCHITECT. 



along the line already drawn, which will insulate the 

 lower ward. Follow the demolition of the round 

 tower and ramparts, (as marked on plan) the earth 

 to be shovelled down into the mead below, opposite 

 Eton. ' The grand work of destruction then to begin 

 at the end of Elizabeth's gallery, and be carried pro- 

 gressively round as far as the secretary of state's 

 tower, aforesaid. The stones of the old building to 

 be piled a few yards off for subsequent appHcation 

 to the new works." (There 's an economical item ! 

 Now for the new building :) 



" Find the middle point of the long walk, and 

 draw a line from it preserving the parallel of the 

 avenue northward to the Thames. This line will 

 bisect the terrace and palace destined for it. Twenty- 

 five feet south of the terrace wall, draw a line at 

 right angles with this, extending to the east three 

 hundred feet, and to the west the same distance. 

 We have then found the length and position of the 

 terrace wall to the south ; complete the square. 

 Describe a square within the aforesaid, any side of 

 which shall be three hundred feet, the extent of the 

 new building, leaving a space of one hundred and 

 fifty feet all round for the breadth of the terrace. 

 Upon the terrace place eight basins of Roman cement, 

 (economy again ! ) four circular and four double 

 squares, with cycloidal turnings at either end : the 

 diameters of the former about thirty feet, and the 

 minor diameters of the latter about twenty-five. In 

 the centre of each basin, place a river god of bronze. 

 No. 1, AbiiSy the Humber; 2, Aufona, the Avon; 

 3, Tridentus, the Trent; 4, Sabrina, the Severn; 

 5, Tamesisy the Thames ; 6, Vaga, the Wye ; 7, 

 Tavusy the Tay ; and 8, Deva, the Dee. Each 

 deity to be furnished with an urn of bronze, to be 

 supplied with water from the Thames below, by 

 means of a steam engine of two hundred horse power, 

 (economy again ! ) The urns to pour forth their waters 

 with redundant force, sometimes in clear sheets of at 

 least six feet in height, sometimes broken by the 



