who blows through her long trumpet a jet of water that rises high in 

 air and falls into a pool below. About the arrangement of the cascatelle 

 there is much that is quaint and fanciful ; water spurts and splashes in 

 every direction, more especially in the vicinity of the peschiera or upper 

 pool, though of late years the giuochi d'acque have been somewhat 

 curtailed. Perched about the rocks in the lowermost basin are certain 

 " obscene birds " that straddle in aggressive fashion and spout jets of 

 water from their uncouth bills. These weird birds, and the baboons a 

 few yards away, could not of course be permitted in modern gardens. 

 So seriously do we treat them to-day that anything a little playful or 

 foolish can find no place in them. Advantage was taken of the flow of 

 limpid water to build in close proximity to the statue of Fame a delightful 

 little suite of bath- and dressing-rooms. These still retain their eigh- 

 teenth-century decoration in pale colours and gold, with garlands and 

 scrollwork and charming putti. 



The dragon gateway through which you pass from here to the grove 

 is very picturesque, the late baroque gate-piers with their fanciful twists 

 and scrolls, and winged dragons crouching above, contrasting vividly with 

 the sombre greens of the ilex trees beyond. Within the grove itself the 

 leaf-strewn alleys and the dark gnarled trunks of the ilex, with their 

 patches of deep-green moss, produce an effect of the densest shade 

 conceivable and exceedingly grateful on a warm summer's day. Passing 

 through this wood a covered bridge is reached that spans a little ravine, 

 above which on the steep terraced bank lies the palace. 



Immediately beyond the bridge, the path turns sharply to the left 

 overlooking a long terrace of irregular shape, upon which has been 

 constructed a labyrinth ; not on an extensive scale, but so ingeniously 

 planned, that, were it not for the meagreness of the hedges, you might 

 experience a little difficulty in finding your way to the central cabinet 

 of verdure and its pleasant group of shady trees. 



The labyrinth or maze, which was such a favourite device with the 

 northern nations, does not seem as a rule to have been included in the 

 scheme of the earlier Italian gardens, possibly because it has so little 

 pictorial value. Those referred to by the older writers as existing in the 

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