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THE STATUE OF QUEEN CAROLINE,

(CONSORT OF KING GEORGE II.)

is erected on four Ionic columns.-On the pedestal is this inscription:

DIVE CAROLINE.

THE BOYCOTT PAVILIONS,

designed by Vanbrugh, and altered by Borra. One of them is made use of as a dwelling-house; the other stands in the Gardens. Between them is an iron pallisade with gates and lamps, forming the entrance into the avenue immediately conducting to the House from Buckingham. From hence there is a view of a Bridge, with a Serpentine River. Upon the brow of the opposite hill is

THE GATE WAY,

through which the road from Oxfordshire leads through an avenue of above a mile in length over the bridge to the House. The Gate way was designed by Kent, but was altered and extended by Signor Valdrè. The entrance is strikingly

magnificent. Backed by wood, is

THE TEMPLE OF BACCHUS,

a stucco'd building, of Sir John Vanbrugh's design, the inside adorned with Alto relievos, representing a sacrifice to Bacchus. This building

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