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iftto one, as faft as the prcfent occupiers 

 drop off. This is the only means in iuch 



front, and the valley at yoiir feet prefents her 

 profiifion of beauties : It is a noble Icene. 



The ionic porticoed temple, is a beautiful 

 room of a pleaiing proportion, 27 by 18, and 

 elegantly ornamented. The ceiling is coved, 

 an. oblong in the center containing a copy of 

 Guidons jlurora, done in a -very agreeable manner, 

 the graceful attitudes of the hours hnely prc- 

 ferved, and the glowing brilliancy of the colour- 

 ing pieafmgly imitated. The cove part of the 

 ceiling is painted in compartments. On the 

 four fides, Andromeda chained to a rock : 

 Diana. 



A k^ Venus: attitude good. 

 Hercules and Omphale. Her attitude pleafing, 

 and her whole figure beautiful though not 

 correft ; the roundnefs of the breafts and 

 hmbs, and the plaits and folds of her flcfli 

 well done : The exprelfion of the Cupids 

 well imagined. 

 At the corners of the cove, Cupids ; and in 

 fmaller compartments other fubjeds : The whole 

 performance of Burnice^ who came f om Italy to 

 execute it. 



The cornice and frieze, and the chimney-piece, 

 which is of white marble, are vei'y elegant. The 

 former with the pannels of window-cafes, i^c. 

 and room, ornamented with gilt carving on a 

 brovv'n ground. Upon the v^^hole, thi=^ elegant 

 little room in refpeit of proportion and ornament, 

 is the mofl: plcanng one I remenibcr to have fcen 

 in any temple. 



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