Sun-dials 



369 



the " pump-stand " in the yard of the " Washington 

 House " ; and the pump seems as ancient as the dial. 

 In this book are three other sun-dials associated 

 with George Washington. At Mount Vernon there 

 stands at the 

 front of the en- 

 trance door a 

 modern sun- 

 dial. The fine 

 old metal dial- 

 face, about ten 

 inches in diame- 

 ter, which in 

 Washington's 

 day was placed 

 on the same site, 

 is now the prop- 

 erty of Wil- 

 liam F. Have- 

 meyer, Esq., of 

 New York. It 

 was given him 

 by a member of 

 the Washington 

 family; this dial- 

 face, shown on 

 page 368, is a 

 splendid relic ; 

 one closely associated with Washington's everyday 

 life, and full of suggestion and sentiment to every 

 thoughtful beholder. The sun-dial which stood in 

 the old Fredericksburg garden of Mary Washington, 



Sun-dial of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, 

 Virginia. 



