The Uppark Tower, originally the " Dsedalian 

 Tower," of which a representation is given on the 

 opposite page, was built in commemoration of the 

 purchase by Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh of a large 

 tract of land in the Valley of the Ohio, fancifully 

 styled " Daedalia." This purchase, however, turned 

 out to be a barren acquisition to Sir Matthew, who 

 lost the whole of it during the American War of 

 Independence ; so that the Tower eventually became 

 a memento of an unfortunate speculation. For many 

 years afterwards it was the favourite resort of pic-nic 

 parties who visited the Park ; and among the survivors 

 of those who may have occasionally contributed to 

 the " sound of revelry" coming from its interior when 

 tenanted by a lively company, there are many who 

 no doubt recollect that it was a pretty little structure 

 crowned with a coronet of elegantly ornamented pin- 

 nacles, that the basement was carefully fitted with 

 every requisite for culinary purposes, and the upper 

 apartment, with its neatly decorated ceiling, was prin- 

 cipally lighted by three large windows, partially filled 

 with stained glass. In 1842 it was reduced to its pre- 

 sent ruinous state by a deliberate act of incendiarism, 

 not unreasonably attributed to a gang of notorious 

 poachers from an adjoining parish, whose frequent 

 raids in the Harting covers had more than once 

 brought them under the unfavourable notice of the 

 magistrates. A few fragments have since then been 

 dislodged from the battlements by the heavy gales 

 that have swept over them ; but the whole structure 

 was so substantially built, that many years may yet 

 elapse before it becomes a heap of crumbling ruins. 



J. W. 



