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the foot of which a little fountain, playing 

 through several small pipes into a vase it 

 encloses, produces a most pleasing murmur. 

 From a corner of the portico you enter a very 

 large bedchamber opposite the large dining- 

 room, which from some of its windows has a 

 view of the terrace, and from others, of the 

 meadow, as those in the front look upon a cas- 

 cade, which entertains at once both the eye and 

 the ear ; for the water, dashing from a great 

 height, foams over the marble basin which 

 receives it below. This room is extremely 

 warm in winter, lying much exposed to the sun, 

 and on a cloudy day the heat of an adjoining 

 stove very well supplies his absence. Leaving 

 this room, you pass through a good-sized, pleas- 

 ant undressing-room into the cold-bath-room, 

 in which is a large gloomy bath ; but if you 

 are inclined to swim more at large, or in 

 warmer water, in the middle of the area stands 

 a wide basin for that purpose, and near it a 

 reservoir from which you may be supplied with 

 cold water to brace yourself again, if you should 

 find you are too much relaxed by the warm. 

 Adjoining the cold bath is one of a medium de- 

 gree of heat, which enjoys the kindly warmth of 

 the sun, but not so intensely as the hot bath, 

 which projects farther. This last consists of 

 three several compartments, each of different 



