THE MAMMOTH GAVE. at 
verandas, is amply ventilated, and is said to 
be capable of accommodating between four and 
five hundred guests at a time. The rooms are 
of sufficient size, and are very well furnished. 
The table is really deserving of praise, for it is 
supplied with the best quality of excellently- 
cooked food, and is accommodatingly attended 
by experienced negro waiters. A large ball- 
room is united with the hotel, and is fitted up 
with all the conveniences required by those who 
pay court at the shrine of Terpsichore. Con- 
nected with the main building, and running at 
right angles with its front, is a long row of cot- 
tages, with a continuous veranda, extending ‘at 
least three hundred feet. 
In speaking upon this point, Bayard Taylor 
remarks, “The main body of the hotel, with 
this wing, furnishes at least six hundred feet 
of portico, forming one of the most delightful 
promenades imaginable for summer weather.” 
About one hundred yards beyond the ex- 
treme end of the cottages, well shaded by forest 
trees, may be seen the remains of a tenpin- 
alley building. This went down during the 
war; and, as the proprietors suffered so severely 
from the entire loss of business during those four 
or five gloomy years, it has not yet been rebuilt. 
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