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Bays which blend their shade with that of the Plane Trcos. 

 Tills plantation forming a straight boundary on each side of the 

 Hippodrome, bends at the further end into a semi-circle which 

 being set round with Cypress Trees, varies the prospect and 

 and casts a deeper and more gloomy shade; while the inward 

 circular walks enjoying an open exposure, are perfumed with 

 Roses, and correct by a very pleasing contrast, the coolness of 

 the shade with the warmth of the Sun. Having passed through 

 these winding allies, you enter a straight walk, which breaks 

 out info a variety of others divided off by box hedges. In one 

 place you have a little meadow ; in another the Box is cut into 

 a thousand different forms ; sometimes into letters expressing 

 the name of the master ; sometimes that of the artificer; whilst 

 here and there little Obelisks rise intermixed alternately with 

 fruit Trees ; when on a sudden you are surprised with an imi- 

 tation of the negligent beauties of rural Nature, in the centre of 

 which lies a spot surrounded with a knot of dwarf Plane Trees, 

 Beyond these is a walk interspersed with the smooth and 

 twining Acanthus, where Trees also are cut into a \'ariety of 

 names and shapes. At the upper end is an Alcove of white 

 marble shaded with Vines, supported by four small Pillars of 

 Corystian Marble. From this bench the Water gushing 

 through several small Pipes, falls into a stone Cistern beneath, 

 from whence it is received into a fine polished Marble Bason, 

 so artfully contrived, that it is always full without ever over- 

 flowing. When I sup here this Bason serves for a Table, the 

 larger Dishes being placed round its margin, while the smaller 

 ones float in the form of little Vessels and Water fowl. Cor- 

 responding to this is a fountain, which is incessantly emptying 

 and filling ; for the Water, which it throws up to a great height, 

 falling back again into it, is, by means of two openings, return- 

 ed as fast as it is received. Fronting the Alcove stands a Sum- 

 mer House of exquisite Marble whose doors project into a green 

 enclosure; as from its upper and lower windows the eye i» 

 presented with » variety of difltrent Verdurest Next to this is 



