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middeft of the ftream, where it is 

 moft rapid. 



[A pleasant floating Garden. ] There appears to be 

 little more invention here than in the contrivance of so 

 much variety, and the selecting of &quot; the stream where 

 it is most rapid,&quot; to give motion to the water-mills to 

 work the bellows for producing the promised music ; 

 as well as to raise water high enough to obtain a pres 

 sure of it for making the snow. The whole offers one of 

 those raree-show designs in which our great-grandfathers 

 delighted, and the descriptions of which formed the 

 staple of their scientific discussions in polite society. 



1 8. 



An Artificial Fountain, to be 

 turned like an Hour-glafs by a child, 

 in the twinkling of an eye, it 6 hold 

 ing great quantity 7 of water, and of 

 force sufficient to make fnow, ice 

 and thunder, with a 8 chirping and 

 fmging of birds, and fhewing of 

 feveral shapes and effe&s usual to 

 Fountains of pleafure. 



6 yetfor it. MS. and P. quantities. P. 8 the for a. MS. and P. 



[An Hour-gl isse Fountain^] In a MS. among the 

 Marquis s papers, the foregoing appears to be the inven 

 tion indicated under the title : u Fountains of pleasure, 

 with artificial snow or hail, or thunder, and quantity 

 not limited.&quot; [See p. 316.] 



Kircher, Schottus, and others give descriptions, 

 with engravings of fountains, having the external 

 appearance of the hour-glass. The process of turning 



