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white and black. Light is obtained from above by two 

 narrow slits in the wall, and a line of frieze, moulded 

 by the finger tips in soft mud, runs right round the 

 room. The structure is different to any other we had 

 seen, and the hall is still further ornamented. A niche 

 for lamps is let into the wall, and at the other end 

 of the room is a raised diamond pattern. The rest 

 of the wall is covered with drawings and paintings — 



Entrance Hall. 



a black - studded shield with brass nails, a wondrous 

 beast, men on horseback, who, as will be seen, stand 

 in order to obviate any difficulty in the disposal of 

 their legs, though one gentleman round the corner 

 has contrived to sit with both his on the same side. 



The object that seems, however, to have most fully 

 awakened the artist's instincts is the bayonet, and this 

 is amply represented. 



A decorated doorway, 10 feet high, leads into the 

 second hall. Its many pillars and rounded arches 



