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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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