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indicate a certain degree of attention to design and effect; the 

 system being one of vertical supports or pilasters to a frieze and 

 cornice, which run from one end of the street to the other. The 

 windows are between the pilasters, against which abut their flat 

 slightly arched heads. On the whole, it is satisfactory in these 

 elevations to trace the appearance of design, notwithstanding the 

 sameness produced by continual repetition. The public baths, 

 erected from the designs of M. Dupont, a resident architect, 

 with whom we had the pleasure of becoming acquainted, ex- 

 hibit a long-extended elevation, well adapted for the site. In 

 front are some trees and shrubs planted among sand and grass, 

 and treated (or rather neglected) in a manner which must ever 

 prevent them from growing vigorously. At a short distance, a 

 plantation of standard roses and dahlias shows what may be 

 produced in the locality with a little care. Among the flowers 

 in the shop windows, tree mignonette, twenty years ago so 

 common about London, is frequently met with ; as well as some of 

 the new annuals, such as Clarkm pulchella. There is much 

 curious architecture within and without the cathedral ; but we 

 shall only notice the kind of chair {fig. 

 45.) used here and at Rouen in the 

 churches, which has two bottoms ; an 

 upper one for sitting on, and a lower 

 one for kneeling on, the upper one being 

 turned up so as to form a resting-place 

 for the elbows or head. The joint is 

 formed by a pin working in a projection 

 from the back style of the chair. To 

 keep the upper seat perfectly steady, the 

 lower part of the front style drops into a 

 socket in the upper part of the lower 

 front style. We have here given an en- 

 graving of the chair, and also of another 

 in page 298. ; because we think they are, 

 with some modification, well adapted for 

 public gardens ; the low seats being convenient for children. 



There are no sewers in Dieppe, which was assigned to us 

 as the reason why there are no water-closets. Sewers, it is said, 

 are objected to on account of the expense; and hence what would 

 form their contents is conveyed away in the gutters, on the 

 surface of the streets. In some of the back streets, these gutters 

 are so wide as to expose a large surface of watery material to 

 evaporation, and hence the smell in warm weather is most dis- 

 agreeable and unwholesome. To complete the arrangements for 

 the health of the town, either sewers should be formed, or pei*- 

 petual currents of fresh water should be made to run through 



Fig. 45. Chair adapted for Public 

 Gardens or Pleasure-Grounds. 



