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terraces, over which, on the top, are walls with chap. 
turrets. On the right hand, are the large wooden 
folding doors of the Grand Signiors gardens; 
and near to them lie many fragments of antient 
marbles, appropriated to the vilest purposes ; 
among others, a soros of one mass of marble, 
covered with a simple, although unmeaning 
bas-relief. Entering the gardens by the folding 
doors, a pleasing coup deceit of trellis-work and 
covered walks is displayed, more after the taste 
of the natives of Holland, than of those of any 
other country. Various and very despicable 
jets d^eau, straight gravel-walks, and borders 
disposed into parallelograms, with the addition 
of a long green-house filled with orange-trees, 
compose all that appears within the small spot 
which bears the name of the Seraidio Gardens. 
The view, on entering, is down the principal 
gravel-walk; and all the walks meet at a central 
point, beneath a dome of the same trellis-work 
by which they are covered. Small fountains 
spout a few quarts of water into large shells, 
or form parachutes over burning bougies, by 
the sides of the walks. The trellis-work is of 
wood, painted white, and covered by jasmine ; 
and this, as it does not conceal the artificial 
frame by which it is supported, produces a 
wretched effect. On the outside of the trellis- 
work appear small parterres, edged with box, 
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