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fascination and transform the garden into a new and 

 strange wonderland. 



In the water-works were given frequent opportu- water- 

 nities for fanciful devices. Every garden seems to 

 have had a fountain, usually a 

 round basin with a statue in 

 the centre, combined with a jet 

 of water. At Nonesuch, Hentz- 

 ner describes " two fountains that 

 spout water, one round, the other 

 like a pyramid, upon which are 

 perched small birds that stream 

 water out of their bills. In the 

 grove of Diana is a very agree- 

 able fountain, with Actason turned 

 into a stag as he was sprinkled by the goddess and 

 her nymphs." 



Cunning schemes were also contrived to surprise surprises 

 the visitors to the garden with a sudden shower bath. 

 Hentzner mentions having seen at Nonesuch "a pyra- 

 mid of marble full of concealed pipes which spurt 

 upon all those who come within their reach." At 

 Whitehall, he says that " in a garden joining to this 

 palace, there is a jet d'eau, with a sun-dial, which, 

 while strangers are looking at it, a quantity of water 

 forced by a wheel which the gardener turns at a dis- 

 tance through a number of little pipes, plentifully 



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