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and from this the water falls into the lower bason, from 

 whence it is conveyed under the floor to the front, where 

 it falls into the river through the lower cavern. A tablet 

 of white marble contains the following lines from Milton : 



Goddess of the silver wave, 



To thy thick embower'd cave, 



To arched walks, and twilight groves, 



And shadows brown, which Sylvan loves 



When the sun begins to fling 



His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring. 



THE TEMPLE OF CONCORD AND VICTORY, 



is a large beautiful building, decorated with 28 fluted 

 Columns of the Ionic order, and one of the principal orna- 

 ments in the Garden.— It was originally designed by Kent, 

 from the measurements (which it nearly follows) of the 

 Maison Qnarree at Nismes, but it was unfinished, particu- 

 larly in the decorations, till the year 1763, when it was 

 completed under the orders of Signor Borra, and dedicated 

 by Lord Temple to Concord and Victory, as a monument 

 of the glories of the War, terminated by the peace of 

 Fontainebleau. 



It has six statues on the top, as large as life, and the front 

 pediment is adorned with a piece of Alto-relievo, by Mr. 

 Scheemaker, representing the four quarters of the world 

 bringing their various products to Britannia. — In the frize 

 of the Portico is this inscription : 



Concordia & victoria. To Concord and Victory. 



