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sort that the ironfoundry supplies. Of 

 markedly rustic type, yet successful, is 

 the mushroom-like example at Plew- 

 land, Haslemere. It is made of two 

 rough-dressed stones, that formed one 

 of the posts of an old farm " rick-settle," 



FIG. 341. AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TYPE. 



FIG. 340. MODERN SUNDIAL AT MARSH COURT. 



set on an old millstone, which rises a 

 little above the surrounding paving 

 (Fig. 342). Of the dials themselves in 

 their manifold forms, and of the gentle 

 art of dialling, which used to be a need- 

 ful part of a gentleman's education, 

 this is no place to write. Nor need we 

 fill a page with any of the hundreds 

 of sundial mottoes, which have been 

 printed often enough in scores of gossip- 

 ing books about gardens. It may be 

 added, however, that some garden-lovers 

 think it wise to be content with a plain 

 brick pillar and concentrate the interest 

 on the dial and gnomon. In Fig. 345 is 

 illustrated an example of bronze, in 

 which a girl with daintily-modelled 

 figure leans over and plays " clocks " 

 with a dandelion. It is a pretty fancy 



