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descriptions and figures of many different kinds. Few ancient 

 examples, however, now remain ; the best known is that at 

 Hampton Court. The secret to find the centre is pretty much 

 the same in them all — viz., to keep to a particular side, never 

 leaving the hedge on that side. One side leads wong, and the 

 other leads right. In the present Maze, if we enter by the 

 western entrance and keopi to the left, in a single turn we find 

 our way out again. If, undiscouraged by this, we pass the first 

 turn, and again lean to the left, we soon meet the same fate. 

 But if from the very first we hold unchangingly to the right, 

 after treading many a winding, we reach the centre. If we 

 enter by the eastern entrance, in like manner we have to keep 

 to the left, and reach the centre by a stUl shorter route. This 

 route is about 874 feet in length, the longest route about 1080. 

 The total length of the ways is 1550 feet. The outer part 

 of the hedges composing the Maze is of Holly, chiefly brought 

 from Chiswick ; the rest is of Hornbeam, its rapid growth and 

 close foliage in summer rendering it most suitable for the 

 purpose. 



Four beautiful female statues, executed in terra-cotta, — copies 

 of those executed by Eauch for the monument to Frederick the 

 Great in Berlin, — are placed on pedestals, one at each of the 

 entrances to the Maze. They form a subordinate part of the 

 great monument from which they are taken, being seated at 

 the corners of the upper entablature. The position of these 

 small figures in the original monument may readUy be recognised 

 in the accompanying engraving. 



They were presented to the Society by H.E.H. the Prince 

 Consort, and are understood to have been selected for him by 



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