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afterwards joining on to the evergreen hedge, is an oak 

 trellis. The squares of it appear to be filled in with 

 narrow, lozenge-shaped wirework, in order that no 

 adventurous four-footed animal can gain access easily. 



There are steps near the centre, which lead up to the 

 wall, so that he who wishes may gaze through the tall 

 rose-bushes at the country beyond. He will scarcely 

 weary, though, of the small sunk lawn in the garden itself. 



FIG. 25. 

 A, Gallery of treillage ; B, temples in gallery. 



It will be used only on warm days, when with a book we 

 long for cool grass, shadow, and stillness, and when all 

 else is of little consequence. 



Another such peaceful, cloistral spot is Fig. 25. The 

 French description alone is restful, did we not even 

 trouble to decipher the somewhat complicated-looking 

 plan. " Cloitre couvert de berceaux de treillage, entoure" 

 de tapis de gazon " such is the explanation given. We 

 feel that no sound of outer world could penetrate the 

 stillness of this retreat. 



