202 JOHN EVELYN 



being intirely within the walls of the Citty is particu- 

 larly remarkable ; nor is it less pleasant than if in the 

 most solitary recesses, so naturally is it furnish'd with 

 whatever may render it agreeable, melancholy, and 

 country-like. Here is a stately heronry, divers springs 

 of water, artificial cascades, rocks, grotts, one whereof 

 is composed of the extravagant rootes of trees cunningly 

 built and hung together. In this Parke are both 

 fallow and red deare. 



From hence we were led into the Manege, and out 

 of that into a most sweete and delicious garden, where 

 was another grott, of more neate and costly materials, 

 full of noble statues, and entertaining us with artificial 

 musiq ; but the hedge of water, in forme of lattice- 

 worke, which the fontanier caused to ascend out of the 

 earth by degrees, exceedingly pleased and surpris'd 

 me, for thus with a pervious wall, or rather a palisad 

 hedge, of water, was the whole parterre environ'd. 



There is likewise a faire Aviary, and in the court 

 next it are kept divers sorts of animals, rare & exotic 

 fowle, as eagles, cranes, storks, bustards, pheasants of 

 several kinds, a duck having 4 wings, &c. In another 

 division of the same close, are rabbits of an almost 

 perfect yellow colour. 



