of the Church above the Trees in the oppofite Boun dary. LOCK E. Who made the whole internal World his own, And fhew'd confefs'd to Reafon's purged Eye, That Nature's first beft Gift was Liberty. (The fifft line is from Thompfon; part of the fecond, and the whole of the third, from Mason). THE TEMPLE OF FLORA. The defign taken from a Doric Portico at Athens: in the centre of the back Wall is a Medallion of Flora, from the Antique, in white Marble, and under it this Infcription from Ariofto: Vaghi boschetti di foavi Allori, Di Palme, e d'ameniffime Mortelle, Di giorni eftivi con lor fpeffe ombrelle: Cantando fe ne giano i Roffignoli. A Buft of FAUNUS on one fide of the Temple. Delighted with his rural feats, Forfake Arcadia's groves and fprings, For foft Lueretile's retreats. 'Twas Beauty charm'd, what wonder then, Enamour'd of a fairer scene, The changeful God fhould change again, WM. W HITEHEAD, EsQ A Buft of PAN on the other fide. Here univerfal Pan, Knit with the Graces, and the Hours in Dance, Leads on th' eternal Spring. MILTON. BUST BUST OF VENUS. Thee, Goddess, thee the Clouds and Tempests fear, And at thy pleafing prefence difappear: For thee the Land in fragrant Flow'rs is drefs'd. DRYDEN, from Lucretius. BUST OF APOLLO. Lucido Dio, Per cui l'April fiorifee. THE BOWER. METASTASIO, Is a fquare Building, twelve feet by ten, the Ceiling is coved, and the whole painted green: the Front is covered with a Treillage of the fame colour, against which are planted Rofes, Woodbines, Jeffamines, and feveral kinds of Creepers, and appears like three Arches cut through the Shrubbery, within is a Caft of Cupid and Pfyche from the Antique, and on a Tablet above the centre Arch are infcribed the following Verses. Fair Quiet, have I found thee here, With Innocence, thy fifter dear! Mistaken long, I fought thee then, In bufy Companies of Men; Your facred Plants, at length I know, Will only in Retirement grow. Society is all but rude, To this delicious Solitude, Where all the Flowers and Trees do clofe To weave the Garland of Repose. AND. MARVELL BUST OF PRIOR. See, Friend, in fome few fleeting Hours, THE URN, Placed on an Altar, encircled with Cypreffes, ftands within a Recefs in the Shrubbery that furrounds the Garden. The Bank that rifes behind is planted with Flowers, and, a Weeping Willow, large Weymouth Pines, and other Evergreens, form the back Ground. Sacred To the Memory of FRANCES POOLE, Here fhall our ling'ring Footsteps oft be found, To thofe who knew, and therefore lov'd her moft. Check not the Tear, nor ftop the useful Sigh; And fome faint Image of her worth reflore, George Simon Harcourt, and the Hon. Elizabeth Vernon, Viscount and Viscountefs Nuneham, erected this Urn in the year 1771, and William Whitehead, Efq. Poet-Laureat, wrote the Verses. The CONSERVATORY, 50 feet by 15, is planted with Bergamont, Cedrati, Limoncelli, and Orange-Trees, of various kinds and fizes. In Summer, the Front, Sides, and Roof of the Building are entirely removed, and the Trees appear to ftand in the natural Ground; the back Wall is covered with a Treillage, against which are planted Lemon, Citron, and Pomegranate Trees, intermixed with all the different forts of Jeffamines, THE 14 THE STATUE OF HEBE Terminates the principal Glade, and fronts the Temple of Flora. On the Pedestal are the following Verfes : Hebe, from thy cup divine, Shed, O fhed, nectareous Dews, And check the green Blood's ebbing tide, THE CHURCH Is a beautiful Building of the Ionic order, in the style of an antique Temple: it was erected in the year 1764, at the fole expenfe of Simon Earl of Harcourt, who gave the original Defign, which afterwards received a fmall alteration from Mr. Stuart. The principal Portico, which confifts of fix Columns, has no communication with the Church, but ferves for a feat in the Garden; the públic Entrance is on the oppofite fide, and that to the Family-Clofet through the femicircular Portico, at the weft end. The infide has been furnished and decorated by the prefent Earl. The Altar-piece, which represents the Parable of the good Samaritan, was defigned and painted by Mr. Mafon. The Piece of Tapestry at the weft end (which is framed like a Picture) represents the Chiefs of the twelve Tribes of Ifrael at the Paffover. A GRAND Flight of Steps, adorned with twa Lions on the Pedestals, leads us to the Portico, from whence we enter THE SALOON, Which is a grand apartment, hung with Tapeftry, res prefenting the Functions of the Cavalry. The dimen fions of this Room are 43 feet by 22: the Furniture is Crimson, ornamented with two marble Bufts, a rich Cabinet, and fine China Jars. The Pictures are, A Landfcape; a Flower-piece; a Fruit-piece. Is a fpacious room, 36 feet by 22 and an half; defigned and painted by Kent. Its Ceiling is enriched with the Signs of the Zodiac ; and the Walls are adorned with Feftoons of Flowers, &c. Over the Chimney is a curious Piece of Alto-Relievo, the Story of which is Darius's Tent: here are allo eleven marble Bufts, properly difpofed; and a Statue of Narciffus. THE DINING-ROOM Is a well-proportioned apartment, 30 feet by 21, in which |