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11; 







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almost tu tin- |. and 



below II ' Illie 



.manas. the papyrus luting 

 UN willowy sterns, v.il.i.luini-. 

 plulodendrons and hedychiunis 

 all revelling in the soit 

 moisture. Truly a wonderful 

 sight ; and so huge is the 



SG!. plete the illusion. 



anO ct and it must 



be oppressive to 



Northern lungs is the at 

 sphcri-.th.it it is quite startm-. 

 as \\rll as very pleasant, t 

 errii i the climati 



Afr - nth America into 



the hi rhyshire air aiul to ; 

 through the arboretum into 

 'Id Park. 

 And when, delighted. 



the visitor leaves thr ducal 

 mansion favoured, indeed, if 



it be to cast a line for trout <>r grayling in the Dei went, the 

 the Lathkill he will not marvel that many have 

 ; into rhapsodies in describing the glories <!' Chatsworth. 

 The splendours of the park and gardens, the scented patlm .i\ s, 

 the emerald lawns and lovely trees, the music of the 

 waterfalls, the white- limbed nymphs reflected i,i pellucid 

 basins, the dancing girls ot CI.UMV.I. the \.i-,s .>t blida!.-n 

 porphyry, the famous \\ater\vnks by (inllit, s.nne of them 

 belonging to old Chatsworth, and even the "weeping 

 willow " of copper, which sheds copious stu.irns upon the 

 unwary all these and many more things ha\e attracted h m. 

 From the upper terrace >-r the "hunting tower" on the lull 





SOLOMON'S WALK. 





he has surveyed thv im^ising I . :th the palatial I. 

 by the iK-rwetit in th.- iniJst, and tlii- pi^tures^jin- moJel 

 village of hdensor mi the w^ijed hill beyond, and he teels 

 that he leaves behind one ot the fairest .i:iJ ruhest domains 

 in the land, (x-rtainly iv> visitor \vhois privileged to linger in 

 these enchanting scenes at i;iuts\vorth will tail to appreciate 

 the grucetul compliment which Marshal Tallard. u ho was 

 taken prisoner by Marlboroiigh in 1704, paid to the 

 lJuke ot I)evnnshire "ii !ea\ ing "The I'al.i.e of tin- 

 Peak ": "My Lord Duke, when I compute the da\s o| 

 my captivity in England, I shall omit those I pass.d at 

 Chat> worth." 



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A B;PD'S-EVE VIEW OF THE <i\vi>.-\s OF OLD CATHSWORIM. 



