1664.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 265 



tower on the top of Somerset House, which supplies 

 that part of the town with water, but with some difficulty, 

 and a smaller quantity than could be desired. It is 

 somewhat like our Samaritane water-work on the Pont- 

 Neuf ; and on the raising pump they have added an 

 impulsion which increases the force ; but for what we 

 obtain by the power of the Seine, they employ one or 

 two horses which incessantly turn the machine, as the 

 tide of their river changes its course twice a day, and 

 the spring or wheels which are used for the ebbing tide 

 would not do for the flow.&quot; 



M. Sorbiere s Dedication of his narrative to the King 

 is dated 12th December, 1663, so that it is possible the 

 Century had been published previous to the visit he has 

 just described, and it is worthy of notice that he ex 

 presses no difficulty in obtaining access to the exhibition 

 of the machine, which gives colour to the belief that it 

 was on public view, for the purpose of establishing a 

 company to carry out the invention on a large scale. 



Vauxhall, as it is now called, was variously designated 

 Fox-hall, Faukeshall, Fulke s Hall, corruptions of a 

 derivation from Fulke de Breaut6, who built a mansion 

 in the manor of South Lambeth, long known as Fulke s- 

 hall. 94 In 1652, the Parliament having determined that 

 Vauxhall-house, which had been reserved by a former 

 order, should be sold, it was purchased by John 

 Trenchard of Westminster. After the Eestoration it 

 was leased to Henry Lord Moore, afterwards Earl of 

 Drogheda, together with the demesne lands of Kenning- 

 ton for 31 years; with a proviso, that if his Majesty 

 should think fit to make use of the house, or any part 

 thereof, it should be surrendered upon a proper allow 

 ance being made for the same. The King, availing 



94 Tallis. 



