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degrees of heat ; the two former lie open to the 

 full sun, the latter, though not much exposed 

 to its heat, receives an equal share of its light. 

 Over the undressing-room is the tennis-court, 

 which admits of different kinds of games and 

 different sets of players. Not far from the baths 

 is the staircase leading to the enclosed portico, 

 three rooms intervening. One of these looks 

 out upon the little area with the four plane- 

 trees round it, the other upon the meadows, 

 and from the third you have a view of several 

 vineyards, so that each has a different one, and 

 looks towards a different point of the heavens. 

 At the upper end of the enclosed portico, and 

 indeed taken off from it, is a room that looks 

 out upon the hippodrome, the vineyards, and 

 the mountains ; adjoining is a room which has 

 a full exposure to the sun, especially in winter, 

 and out of which runs another connecting the 

 hippodrome with the house. This forms the 

 front. On the side rises an enclosed portico, 

 which not only looks out upon the vineyards, 

 but seems almost to touch them. From the 

 middle of this portico you enter a dining-room 

 cooled by the wholesome breezes from the Apen- 

 nine valleys : from the windows behind, which 

 are extremely large, there is a close view of the 

 vineyards, and from the folding-doors through 

 the summer portico. Along that side of the 



