176 MONTHLY SUMMARY. 



but the Commissioners were compelled to decline them on 

 account of their great size. They were then offered to the 

 Council, who gladly gave their consent to their being exhibited 

 in the garden. That on the east side is the work of M. Durenne, 

 of Paris. The Western fountain is the work of M. Barbezat, 

 another eminent caster of iron. Their proportions are sufficiently 

 near to form a better pair than could have been reasonably 

 anticipated from two accidental contributions from independent 



sources. 



Both these gentlemen (MM. Barbezat and Durenne) are to 

 contribute to the further decoration of the Garden during the 

 ensuing summer by the loan of statues and vases. 



Pish for the Basins.— Now that the water- works are all but 

 completed, and the basins will be permanently filled with water, 

 the Council would wish to have them supplied with fish. They 

 therefore take this mode of informing the" Fellows that they would 

 feel obliged by such of them as have well-stocked ponds or lakes 

 sending them some of their superabundance. They particularly 

 invite contributions of carp, both common and gold fish. • They 

 prefer these as being fish which readily accommodate themselves 

 to circumstances — travel well, and are attractive from their tame- 

 ness and beauty. Of the common carp none but large specimens 

 are wished. 



Statues in the Garden. — The two zinc-bronze statues of 

 Victory have now been removed to the other side of the Garden, 

 and placed upon their permanent pedestals. It was found that 

 the heavy western gales took too much hold of their half-expanded 

 wings, and. threatened to tear the bodies from the feet. They 

 have therefore been strengthened at the ankle by a small rod 

 (which will scarcely be seen), and have been removed to the side 

 of the Garden where they will be most protected from such gales. 

 They are the work of Rauch, the celebrated German artist, who 

 executed them for King Louis of Bavaria. He commanded six 

 Victories, all to be in different attitudes— no easy task to fulfil. 

 Rauch's genius was equal to the demand made upon it, and he 

 produced six magnificent Victories, two sitting and four standing. 

 These are now in the Temple of the Walhalla, overlooking the 

 Danube near Ratisbon. - The King of Bavaria, with a liberality 

 not always to be met with in those who purchase objects of Art for 

 themselves, allowed casts of these to be taken and sold. The two 



