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shows With a given height of reservoirs and diameter of 

 conduit pipes and orifices, the height to which the water 

 will rise in the fountain. 



A simple jet (Fig. 86) issuing from a circular basin of 

 water, or a cluster of perpendicular jets (candelabra jets), 

 is at once the simplest and most pleasing of 

 fountains. Such are almost the only kinds 

 of fountains which can be introduced with 

 Im^ff^ propriety in simple scenes where the pre- 

 dominant objects are sylvan, not architectural. 



Weeping, or Tazza Fountains, as they are called, are 

 simple and highly pleasing objects, which require only a 

 ^T^yyrg^^ i very moderate supply of water com- 



i'*"iT^^^^^n^'''i|| ^^^^'^ "^^^^ *^^* demanded by a 



fiy •'|.j||i|ij:!^»^'yj i;i Jij;l]lii'{ constant and powerful jet. The 



'i :i|{};''' |^j^^ i ij i;lj;;!i conduit pipe rises through and fills 



[Fig. 8T. Tazza Fountain.] the vase, which is SO formcd as to 



overflow round its entire margin. Figure 87 represents a 



beautiful Grecian vase for tazza fountains. The ordinary 



jet and the tazza fountain may be combined in one, when 



the supply of water is sufficient, by carrying the conduit 



pipe to the level of the top of the vase, from which the 



water rises perpendicularly, then falls back into the vase 



and overflows as before. 



We might enumerate and figure a great many other 

 designs for fountains ; but the connoisseur will receive 

 more ample information on this head than we are able to 

 afford, from the numerous French works devoted to this 

 branch of Rural Embellishment. 



A species of rustic fountain which has a good effect, is 

 made by introducing the conduit pipe or pipes among the 

 groups of rockivork alluded to, frOm whence (the orifice of 



