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GARDEN ARCHITECTURE
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and probably dating from the time of Henry
VIII. At Nonsuch there was a marble foun-
tain with a pelican carved above it, and foun-
tains were made at Theobalds and Greenwich
for James I. The fountain at Kenilworth had
an octagonal basin 4 feet high, and large enough
for carp, in the centre of which were two
athletes of white marble, standing back to back,
and carrying a ball c' 3 feet over," with the
bear and ragged staff at the top. The sides of
the basin were carved with Neptune, " Thetis in
her chariot, drawn by her dolphins, there Triton
by his fishes, here Proteus herding his sea-bulls,
then Doris and her daughters, solacing on sea
and sands," and with " whales and whirlpools,
sturgeons, Tunnys, conchs and wealks." In
the seventeenth century the ingenuity of the
designer was spent in practical jokes—such as
fountains which drenched you with water if you
stepped on a hidden spring. The copper-tree
at Chatsworth is a bad instance. But besides
these, water-toys were much in fashion. Both
Solomon and Isaac de Caux invented various
curious devices for waterwork. Solomon pub-
lished his book in French at Frankfort in
1615. It contained designs for water organs
and imitations of the notes of birds, and designs
for raising water by means of air-tight vessels
placed in the sun, made of copper., with burning
glasses fixed in the sides. The work of Isaac
de Caux was translated by John Leak (London,
205
and probably dating from the time of Henry
VIII. At Nonsuch there was a marble foun-
tain with a pelican carved above it, and foun-
tains were made at Theobalds and Greenwich
for James I. The fountain at Kenilworth had
an octagonal basin 4 feet high, and large enough
for carp, in the centre of which were two
athletes of white marble, standing back to back,
and carrying a ball c' 3 feet over," with the
bear and ragged staff at the top. The sides of
the basin were carved with Neptune, " Thetis in
her chariot, drawn by her dolphins, there Triton
by his fishes, here Proteus herding his sea-bulls,
then Doris and her daughters, solacing on sea
and sands," and with " whales and whirlpools,
sturgeons, Tunnys, conchs and wealks." In
the seventeenth century the ingenuity of the
designer was spent in practical jokes—such as
fountains which drenched you with water if you
stepped on a hidden spring. The copper-tree
at Chatsworth is a bad instance. But besides
these, water-toys were much in fashion. Both
Solomon and Isaac de Caux invented various
curious devices for waterwork. Solomon pub-
lished his book in French at Frankfort in
1615. It contained designs for water organs
and imitations of the notes of birds, and designs
for raising water by means of air-tight vessels
placed in the sun, made of copper., with burning
glasses fixed in the sides. The work of Isaac
de Caux was translated by John Leak (London,