KINGSTON l 





I 



:K| ill 111.- 



1 i .a ii n i e 



richly 



! in the 



I N N .1 II V. V 

 NtVle. W I t I) 



i and 



il Ix.n- 

 I 

 in.my pl.t 



to he 



t>'iind numerous 



r iv hly-sculp- 

 so-called 



I. - heads," 



nals and 



s of which 



.ire frequently 



iret with in our 



majestic 



garde) 



>i tliese have 

 K-t-n designed 

 t i represent 



immense capitals ot v.!assj,.al columns. Such are the two 

 specimens which adorn with very striking 



t the ureat lawns cf Kindlon Lacy. These are 



evidently genuine Vent ti;-n cistern-heads Ivl >n-in_' t the 



>t the Renaissance, >f the -a me il.i-- .is tlu- 



N-autiful one by Sansovino at San S-l\istiano, which is 



rd by his name. 



Fresh Jtinkinn water was brought to Venice in former 

 times from the mainland in feluccas, and suld about the streets 

 by \\mnen who wore a very curimis C"Ntiime, and carried mi 

 their shoulders a yoke, from the ends of which dandled two 

 buckets. MtxJern improvement has sw-pt them and their 

 calling away, and nnw u^l\ p leaden pijvs of prodigious length, 





THE LI )N AM) SUkl'iAI. 





admirable yardrn admnments. All \<-r 



whuh run .il 

 the r a 1 1 v. 

 vi.td'Ut. linking 



tlK- 



land, b r i n u 

 thence Ih i- 

 s n p p I y "I 

 drinking w 

 to the .' 

 the Adn.it i. . 

 Hutllu- \cnetian 



I INt I-IIIS Ntill 



remain, a n d 



their i.l t n 

 1 a b i> r a t e 

 d e c <> r a t i mi 

 mi^lit easih 

 reproduced ("r 



plant 



puts, and 

 inlfikliici-.l I > 

 break up the 

 monotony >' our 

 lawns, c- veil in 

 >. oinpar.it ivi-lv 

 homely Hardens. 

 T h r > w o u Kl 

 make indeed 

 Italv the capitals 



of Columns will 



touiul converted into llowei 



or 





s| M.IAI.. 





THE AK.MILLAkY SPHtRB. 



pedestals for statues and sundials. An ami/m^ numN-r 

 of ruined temples and monuments have been in 

 times destroyed, and their materials used up in the decoration 

 of churches and palaces, but the capitals of columns were in 

 many instances preserved, and turned to us ':on* 



for gardens and courtyards. This occurred at \emce anJ 



