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FOUNTAINS. 
[chap. X. 
house, might be had in the garden at no 
other expence than that of fixing descend¬ 
ing, and horizontal conducting pipes. 
The water in a fountain may be thrown 
up in various designs, which are formed by 
little tubes of brass, called adjutages, which 
are screwed on the orifice of the conducting 
pipe. Some of these designs imitate a con¬ 
volvulus, some a wheat-sheaf, some a basket, 
and some a globe. In short, they are very 
numerous, and after exhausting the fancy of 
the English plumbers, a variety of different 
and very elegant designs may be obtained 
from Paris. 
