Life Beneath the Waves. 13 



apartment about eighty feet by forty-five, 

 with arcades on every side, composed of 

 terra-cotta and ornamental brickwork ; 

 the vaulted roof of this hall is composed 

 of stone ribs and coloured bricks, the 

 centre being glazed for the admission 

 of light. A corridor runs round the 

 hall, the outer pillars of which are cast 

 iron, elaborately worked ; the inside, 

 terra-cotta enriched columns of red and 

 buff. 



Facilities for refreshing the "inner man" 

 are to be found at the north end of the 

 hall, and close at hand is the entrance to a 

 dining-hall a commodious room, with a 

 vaulted roof, supported in the same manner 

 as the one just described, and lighted by 

 plate-glass windows from the entrance 

 court. 



From the entrance hall the visitor pro- 



