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  finished 
  at 
  tlie 
  top 
  tliroughout 
  its 
  entire 
  length 
  with 
  a 
  delicately 
  con- 
  

   ceived 
  entablature 
  bearing 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  urns. 
  The 
  frieze 
  of 
  this 
  entab- 
  

   lature 
  was 
  divided 
  by 
  trigl^'phs 
  into 
  ornamental 
  panels, 
  in 
  which 
  Avere 
  

   inserted 
  bas-reliefs 
  representing 
  aquatic 
  life. 
  Two 
  semicircular 
  arch- 
  

   ways, 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  the 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  gave 
  admittance 
  to 
  the 
  

   grotto. 
  These 
  entrances 
  were 
  flanked 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  Ionic 
  colonnades 
  

   and 
  surrounded 
  by 
  paneled 
  and 
  ornamented 
  arches 
  and 
  soflits. 
  The 
  

   keys 
  to 
  the 
  arches 
  formed 
  a 
  group 
  representing 
  a 
  youthful 
  Poseidon 
  

   taming 
  an 
  aquatic 
  monster, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  was 
  finished 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  

   above 
  the 
  entablature 
  by 
  statuary 
  representing 
  a 
  fisherman 
  gathering 
  

   fish 
  and 
  a 
  fisher-maid 
  j)lanting 
  fry 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  An 
  

   ornamental 
  net 
  gracefully 
  suspended 
  between 
  the 
  urns 
  above 
  the 
  entab- 
  

   lature 
  spanned 
  the 
  entire 
  front 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  grotto, 
  giving 
  final 
  finish 
  

   to 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  structure. 
  The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  outside 
  was 
  finished 
  

   in 
  ivory 
  white 
  and 
  gold. 
  

  

  On 
  entering 
  the 
  doorways 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  grottoes 
  could 
  be 
  seen, 
  forming 
  

   a 
  passage 
  to 
  the 
  rotunda. 
  The 
  ceilings 
  of 
  these 
  grottoes 
  were 
  fiuMued 
  

   by 
  groined 
  fan 
  or 
  funnel 
  arches, 
  supi)orted 
  by 
  romanes<pie 
  columns, 
  

   pedestals, 
  and 
  brackets. 
  The 
  space 
  between 
  each 
  pair 
  of 
  columns 
  

   formed 
  a 
  bay 
  for 
  one 
  tank. 
  The 
  bases 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  these 
  bays 
  were 
  

   treated 
  in 
  rusticated 
  stonework. 
  The 
  ribs 
  and 
  spandrels 
  of 
  the 
  ceiling 
  

   were 
  tinted, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  arched 
  ceiling 
  being 
  blended 
  from 
  a 
  sky 
  blue 
  

   above 
  to 
  a 
  sea 
  green 
  below. 
  The 
  spandrels 
  formed 
  on 
  the 
  walls 
  were 
  

   embellished 
  by 
  paintings 
  of 
  aquatic 
  animal 
  and 
  plant 
  life. 
  

  

  The 
  columns, 
  caps, 
  and 
  bases 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  imitation 
  ]Srumidian 
  mar- 
  

   ble, 
  and 
  the 
  rustic 
  work 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  natural 
  stone. 
  The 
  caps 
  to 
  the 
  

   columns 
  were 
  carved 
  differently, 
  and 
  represented 
  fish, 
  lobster, 
  and 
  other 
  

   aquatic 
  animals. 
  Over 
  each 
  tank 
  was 
  a 
  semicircular 
  sash 
  containing 
  

   ornamental 
  cathedral 
  glass 
  of 
  various 
  shades, 
  which 
  permitted 
  only 
  

   subdued 
  light 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  grottoes. 
  

  

  The 
  passageway 
  through 
  the 
  grotto 
  led 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  circular 
  rotunda 
  

   surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  semicircular 
  dome, 
  the 
  soffit 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  embellished 
  

   throughout 
  with 
  cassettes 
  graduated 
  from 
  the 
  springer 
  line 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  

   of 
  the 
  dome. 
  Tbe 
  motive 
  chosen 
  for 
  the 
  ornamented 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  cas 
  

   settes 
  was 
  the 
  water 
  lily. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  panels 
  were 
  glazed 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  securing 
  a 
  more 
  brilliant 
  light 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  

   dome 
  and 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  cascade, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  rotunda 
  were 
  

   wainscoted 
  with 
  a 
  richly 
  ornamented 
  pilaster 
  treatment. 
  

  

  The 
  dome 
  contained 
  a 
  large, 
  horseshoe-shaped 
  basin, 
  surmounted 
  in 
  

   the 
  rear 
  by 
  an 
  imposing 
  arch 
  with 
  relief 
  shell 
  work, 
  from 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  which 
  a 
  cascade 
  issued. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  this 
  basin 
  represented 
  regu- 
  

   lar 
  rustic 
  stonework, 
  and 
  the 
  coping 
  of 
  the 
  basin 
  Avails 
  consisted 
  of 
  a 
  

   bronze 
  cast-iron 
  capping 
  ornamented 
  in 
  water 
  lilies. 
  The 
  cascade 
  was 
  

   enriched 
  by 
  an 
  arrangement 
  of 
  natural 
  rock 
  and 
  plants, 
  and 
  by 
  artistic 
  

   representations 
  of 
  manatees, 
  otter, 
  sea 
  gulls, 
  etc., 
  executed 
  in 
  natural 
  

   size. 
  

  

  