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divided into two by a fence, with a high gateway 

 in the middle, but both gardens are surrounded 

 by a wall with battlements. In the centre of 



Fig. 2. — From *' The Romance of the Rose. 



the left-hand garden is a fountain or conduit 

 of copper, standing in a circular basin with a 

 marble curb, and a little runnel of water in a 

 marble channel. The right-hand garden shows 



