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lery. In the niches of the wall are fix ha-dfome frnlptuicd fe- 

 male figures, reprefeiiting the fciences, with their fymbols, viz. 

 aftronomy, architecture, and fculpture, on on: fide ; and on the 

 other, geography, painting, and mufic ; the floor of the hall of' 

 black and white marble. Before thefouth fronr, is a grafs-lawn, 

 edged with plantations ; and beyond it, a fpacious avenue, with 

 fliady walks on each fide ; a fwitnm ing-bath about mid-way ; 

 terminated by an obelifk ; the anticnt ruin of Trncmwtb-priory, 

 and the ocean being in fight. To the north, it has a profpecl of 

 about fixty miles, the mountain of Cheviot being vjfi'ilc on a 

 clear day. To the caft, through feveral openings in little groves, 

 are feen pieces of ftatuary ; alfo a riding-houfe, large and ipa- 

 cious ; and a garden, very handfome, with a conferva 'Try or 

 grcen-houfe ; and that magnificent objecl: the fca, every breaking 

 wave of which is, if I may fo ipcak, a cafcadc, uttering with its 

 folcmn voice the tremendous majefty, wifdom a: d pj-.ver, of the 

 great Jehovah. This gives Seaton-Delaval an air of dignity and 

 grandeur, which Blenheim muft ever defpair of having for want 

 of it. To the weft, is an avenue, a mile and a quarter in length, 

 and an obelifk about half-way. Hard by, is the family-chapel in 

 a grove. By the entrance, on the right hand, is an effigies in 

 (lone of one of the family who made the crufade, recumbent, 

 and in armour, his legs a-crofs, his feet refting on a lyon, his 

 hands elevated. Oppofite to him, on the left hand, is another of 

 a lady, recumbent alfo, and her hands elevated. 



A mile from Seaton-Dclaval is the fea-port and fiftiing-town of 



Hartley, which in the reign of King John was held of the Ba- 

 rony of Gaugy by Adam de Jefmont (x) j and a mediety of it by Sir 



(x) Vide Jefmont, 



Henry 



