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the word Pausillippe, as a name for a subterranean 

 passage, from the famous grotto of Pausyllipo at 

 Naples. In an old book called "The Natural 

 History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey," 

 by John Aubrey, written in 1718, there is a curious 

 statement concerning the crypta which is difficult to 

 credit, viz., the force of the Shireburn springs was 

 employed to clear the passage through the hill, a 

 method devised by Captain George Evelyn, a great 

 traveller and a kinsman of John Evelyn's. 



This extraordinary story must have had some 

 foundation as Evelyn never contradicts it in the 

 many notes he made to Aubrey's book, in which 

 the size of the Vineyard at Albury is mentioned as 

 twelve acres, and Evelyn alludes to its existence in 

 his Diary. It was the fashion of that day to plant 

 Vineyards in Gardens, but few have survived the 

 chances and changes of the years till now. Addi- 

 tional proof of this Vineyard's existence is found 

 in Vertue's description of Hollar's celebrated en- 

 gravings, where we find a reference to his " Albury 

 in Surrey, the seat of Lord Arundel with its vine- 

 yard." There are also six very curious views of 

 the Park by the same artist. The Park can be 

 entered by the doors to the right and left of the 

 alcoves in the brick wall, behind the circular basin 

 and fountain, and is filled with splendid trees ; the 

 Oaks and Cedars being quite exceptionally fine, and 

 also a rare kind of Fir tree. England, it is said by 



