further semi-circular bay, A wide grassverge and turf slope form the edging. 

 Broad walks pass all round, with pleasant views at various points into the 

 cool and shaded woodland alleys. Near the further angles of the pool's 

 green court, the great yew hedge, which bounds the whole garden, 

 swings back into shallow segmental niches to take curved stone seats. 

 Just beyond, on the return angle, the view from the path, here passing 

 the right side of the pool, is ended by the lead figure of Perseus, 

 of heroic size, also standing in a niche cut in the yews. The com- 

 panion statue of Andromeda occupies the corresponding niche on the other 

 side. 



After passing the Mercury, the view across the pool is met by a 

 curious piece of wrought-iron work in the form of a high, dome-topped 

 summer-house ; a masterpiece of Jean Tijou. It is entered by steps, 

 and leads, through the trees, to higher ground beyond. 



Right and left of the middle and upper portions of the garden the 

 great yew hedges are double ; planted in parallel lines, with an open 

 space between. Scotch Firs, now very old and towering high aloft, give 

 great character to this part of the garden. In one place there are 

 three parallel hedges of yew, the two outermost forming the " Dark 

 Arbour," a tunnel of yew a hundred yards in length, only broken near 

 its lower end, where a small fountain marks the crossing of a broad 

 path. 



All the lower portion of the garden is surrounded by a dense grove of 

 trees, in which other tall Scotch Firs stand out conspicuously. Its most 

 extensive area is on the right side of the Great Water, where several 

 grassy paths, bounded by clipped hedges of yew and lime, radiate from 

 a large circular space where there is a wide, round basin and fountain-jet. 

 Looking along one of the pleasant green ways, other jets are seen springing 

 from further fountains where more paths cross. The ends of some of the 

 walks are finished with alcoves or arbours. One of them, that runs 

 diagonally from the right-hand side of the large pool, crosses the great 

 wood fountain, and passing on some distance further ends at a magnificent 

 lead urn on a massive pedestal. This is also the terminal point of view 

 of another of the longest of the green paths. 



The water that supplies the pools and fountains comes from a wild 

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