Sun-dials 
369 
the “ pump-stand ” in the yard of the “ Washington 
H ouse ” ; and the pump seems as ancient as the dial. 
In this book are three other sun-dials associated 
with George Washington. At Mount Vernon there 
stands at the 
front of the en- 
trance door a 
modern sun- 
dial. The fine 
old metal dial- 
face, about ten 
inches in diame- 
ter, which in 
Washington’s 
day was placed 
on the same 
site, is now the 
property of 
Mr. William F. 
Havemeyer, Jr., 
of New York. 
It was given to 
him by Mr. 
Custis; a picture 
of it is shown on 
page 368. This 
dial-face is a 
splendid relic ; 
one closely associated with Washington’s everyday 
life, and full of suggestion and sentiment to every 
thoughtful beholder. The sun-dial which stood in 
the old Fredericksburg garden of Mary Washington, 
Sun-dial of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, 
Virginia. 
