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THE HERMITAGE, 



designed by Kent, aud executed in rough unhewn Stone, 

 situated under a rising wood, and commanding a view of the 

 Rotundo placed on the opposite shore. 



THE TEMPLE OF VENUS, 



is a square Building, designed and executed by Kent, con- 

 nected by circular arcades to a Pavilion at each extremity; 

 the fronts of these Pavilions are rusticated : the centre is 

 marked by a large circular recess in which the door is 

 placed; it is decorated with Ionic Columns, and over the 

 entrance is this inscription : 



Veneki Hobtensi. 



Upoil the Frize is the following Motto from Catullus: 



Nunc amet qui nondum amavit; 

 Quique amavit, nunc amet. 



Let him love now, who never lov'd before: 

 Let him who always lov'd, now love the more. 



QUEEN CAROLINE'S STATUE, 



is erected on four Ionic Columns.— On the piedestal is this 

 inscription : 



DlViE CaKOLINjE. 



THE BOYCOTT PAVILLIONS, 

 designed by Vanbrugh, and altered by Borra. One of them 

 is made use of as a dwelling-house ; the other stands in the 



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