16 Life Beneath the Waves. 



part of the covering being antique coloured 

 glass. 



Passing through the principal corridor,, 

 which, runs nearly from west to east, 

 the visitor has access to another cor- 

 ridor at right angles to the one just de- 

 scribed, or running directly north and 

 south. There are no tanks in this part of 

 the building, its chief use being a commu- 

 nication between the two main corridors. 



But before giving any details of the 

 second main corridor, I must not forget to 

 mention the conservatory at the end of the 

 one just described. Its extreme length is 

 one hundred and sixty feet, and its width 

 forty feet the eastern end being designed 

 to form a rockwork waterfall, with ledges, 

 dropping well, small aquaria, ferns, &c. 

 The conservatory proper is seventy feet 

 long and twenty-three feet wide, the en- 



