8 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



more charming outlook can hardly be imagined, and 

 it was evidently enjoyed by the Duchess and her 

 daughters, as within the shrubbery adjoining the 

 building is a shell grotto of exquisite workmanship, 

 decorated by these ladies. The greatest care has been 

 exercised in arranging the numerous devices, worked 

 out with a great variety of shells, into the several 

 compartments, forming vases and cornucopias of 

 flowers, the floor being paved with black and white 

 marble and horses' teeth, the length of the grotto 

 bein.o- fifteen feet six inches, breadth ten feet six 

 inches, and height, from the floor to the crown of the 

 arch which forms the ceiling, a little more than eleven 

 feet. To line the interior of this grotto with shells 

 of innumerable varieties, and so form the various 

 exquisite designs, must have required much time and 

 perseverance, and a considerable amount of taste. 



Under the portico in the front of the building a 

 stone is introduced, bearing the following inscrip- 

 tion : — 



CAENE'S SEAT. 



LIGNEAM INVENIT, LAPIDEAM FECIT. 



CAROLYS RICHMONDII, LEVINI^ ET 



ALBINIACI, DVX. 



MDCCXLIII. 



Interpreted — 



Game's Seat. 



He found it wooden, and left it stone. 



Charles, Duke of Kichmond, Lennox and Aubigny, 1743. 



His Grace was elected Mayor of Chichester in 1735. 



