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heads, is worked into wreaths, and there is a Greek 

 inscription on the centre one. 



The Chinese Bridge, which was originally made 

 of wood (replaced twice before the present stone 

 one was built), crosses the Serpentine River not 

 far from the imitation Chinese Temple, designed by 

 Sir William Chambers, and built by Lord Hard- 

 wicke close to the water's edge. The wood painted 

 in strips gives a strange touch of colour in this 

 sombre, subdued spot. For verily the spell of 

 enchantment lies in this Garden, with its Groves, 

 Statues, and Ponds ; in every green shadow lurks 

 a laughing nymph, and dryads rise at every turn 

 from out the many pools, for Pan's pipe most surely 

 sounds at nightfall and fairies dance on the grass 

 paths in the moonlight. 



