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gentle splashing of the spr ay from the foun- tain. H]L one solid block of black marble. It comes to onc’s memory that this spot has been more than once-the scene of many amusing meidents. Sir Frederick’s friends, in going through the court, frequently, when gazing at the beautiful ceiling, unconscmus]y wallk imto the water.

The study is to the left of the entrance hall. Hecre on the walls hang some ex- quisite heads by Legros, by Alfred Htucn\, and a numbCl ctunnns . choice specimens of medieval ware fill odd corners, and herey too, almost hidaen away from view, 1s an cnola\mo of Old Burlington House, &hm\m()\ ery dlffcrcnt sunoundmn to those of 1802—the fields arc aw ay in the distance, waggons drawn by ha]f a dozen horses are passing, and coaches heavily laden are driving past.

The dining and drawig-rooms arc on the opposite “side of the court. Both of them look out on the garden, and adjoin cach other. The walls of the former are of dark Indian red. The Rhodian and Da- mascus plates, which are set out in single hle from the ceiling to the floor, are very

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numerous. A fincwork by Schiavone harngs over the great oaken fireplace, and on either side of the hearth are a pair of quaint Arabian chairs ingeniously fitted with looking-glasses on their backs and arms. The drawing-room is a very declightful apartment, The colour of the walls is of a delicate nut brown, while the cciling is pure white. Therc i s a rocess w hich opens out on to the garden, and sct in the ceiling of thisisa maflmhcent study by Dclacroix for a ceiling in the Palais Royal. Morc plates arc upon the walls, and curios and priceless nick-nacks of all descriptions and from all countrics are upon the tables. The pictures are all oil colours. Sir Fredericl. is pardonably proud of possessing four panels by Corot, which he regards as the finest this artist ever painted. They hang N pairs, {two on La(,]l side ot the reccss, and their subjects are “ Morning,” “ Noon,” “ Ivening,” and “ Night. TR Rocks " is the title given to the first pic- ture painted by (mome Mason after he settled in England. 15 yct another Corot, a David Cox, and a couple of Constables. One of the Constables is the original palette-knife sketch for the K