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that the ancient position of the chapel was isolated in the middle 
ward; that which replaced it was erected in a portion of the work 
thrown out from the keep to the gateway of the middle ward; the 
present chapel is incorporated with the towers of the keep from 
which it projects with an apsidal termination. The gallery of 
the chapel is on the same level as the state apartments, and is 
the space reserved for the ducal circle; the ground floor is 
approached by a lower and separate entrance, and is to be appro- 
priated to the accommodation of the numerous members of the 
household. The roof is of groined stone, with bosses carved in 
the medizval style; the decorations below the lancet-formed 
windows consist of a fascia of Italian mosaics. 
The private apartments are decorated in a style scarcely less 
gorgeous. The ceiling of the Duchess’s apartment is panelled, 
and coffered, and enriched with carvings, in the same manner as 
the saloon, drawing-room, and library—in which, it must be 
observed, a due variety is observed both in design and in the 
preponderance of different hues in each ceiling. The bed-rooms 
and dressing-rooms are ceiled with plaster, modelled after Italian 
designs, some of which are also coloured and gilded, others are 
left colourless. 
The kitchens were viewed with great curiosity, as they are 
treated in the old baronial manner, and are thus a link between 
the hospitalities of feudal times, and the more elegant entertain- 
ments of the present. 
To resume our account of the movements of our party—the 
Museum of British Antiquities was visited and carefully examined, 
containing, as it does, many most valuable and interesting relics 
of the ancient British people, and of the Roman occupation of 
our island, as well as the fine Saxon cross taken from the ruined 
church at Alnmouth, on which are many sculptured figures, and 
an inscription in mixed Saxon and Runic characters. 
In these pursuits, and during the whole day, they had to 
acknowledge the kind assistance and attention of Mr. Holland, 
the Duke’s bailiff, and of Mr. W. Dickson, of Alnwick. 
