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been laid out in any ex¬ 
acting manner; palm- 
trees have given place 
to numerous cypresses 
which rise in alternating 
heights according to their 
peculiarity of growth and 
age; and the flowers 
which have played an in¬ 
significant and sorry part 
hitherto, here blossom 
out in great variety and 
beauty. Toward the 
center of the plot is 
placed a fountain in the 
figure of the Dolphin, 
after the original in the 
Museum at Naples, and 
to the rear of it is a 
pleasing statue of Bac¬ 
chus. On the left or 
eastern side is found a 
counterpart of the beau- 
“ THE SAILOR BOY ” 
tiful semicircular seat of 
marble in the first ter¬ 
race, with its tea-table of 
Indian granite, but with¬ 
out the capping of hedge 
which added a peculiar 
charm to the settle by 
the statue. 
But the spectator is 
always conscious of the 
colonnade, which forms 
the boundary of the ter¬ 
race on its western and 
southern sides. It is 
not easy to describe its 
points of chief interest, 
or to estimate the nature 
and extent of the influ¬ 
ence which its classic and 
beautiful setting has 
upon the Achilleion as 
a whole. Beside each of 
its twelve Ionic columns 
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