Another room is painted w^{th} all sorts of sports, Hunting, Hawking &c.—they are all finely painted on the Ceiling and very lofty. there is one dineing roome y^t the Chimney is just under a window and the Tunnells runnes upon each side. there is one Chamber, the chimney stands Just by the window opposite to Salsebury, and on the black Marble Chimney piece soe finely polished you may see all the Cathedrall as in a Glass; I have seen it plaine. There are very fine Marble Chimney pieces in most of y^e roomes, and marble windows. The Gardens are very fine with many gravel walkes with grass squaires set with fine brass and stone statues—fish ponds and basons with ffigures in y^e middle spouting out water—dwarfe trees of all sorts and a fine flower garden—much wall fruite. Y^e river runns through y^e garden that easeily conveys by pipes water to all Parts. A Grottoe is att y^e end of the garden just y^e middle off y^e house—its garnished with many fine ffigures of y^e Goddesses, and about 2 yards off the doore is severall pipes in a line that with a sluce spoutts water up to wett the strangers—in the middle roome is a round table and a large Pipe in the midst, on which they put a Crown or Gun or a branch, and so y^t spouts the water through y^e Carvings and poynts all round y^e roome at y^e Artists pleasure to wet y^e Company—there are figures at Each corner of y^e roome that Can weep water on the beholders and by a straight pipe on y^e table they force up y^e water into y^e hollow carving of y^e rooff like a Crown or Coronet to appearance but is hollow within to retaine y^e water fforced into it in great quantetyes y^t disperses in y^e hollow Cavity over y^e roome and descends in a Shower of raine all about y^e roome—on each side is two little roomes which by the turning their wires y^e water runnes in y^e rockes—you see and hear it and also it is so contrived in one room y^t it makes y^e melody of Nightingerlls and all sorts of birds w^{ch} engages y^e Curiosity of y^e Strangers to go in to see, but at y^e Entrance off each room is a line of pipes that appear not till by a Sluce moved—it washes y^e spectators designed for diversion. Y^e Grottoe is leaded on y^e top where are fish ponds, and just without y^e grottoe is a wooden bridge over y^e river. Y^e barristers are set out w^{th} Lyons set thick on Either Side w^{th} their mouths open, and by a sluce spout out water each to other in a perfect arch y^e length of y^e bridge. There are fine woods beyond y^e house and a large parke walled in. From thence I went to Blandford in Dorsetshire 18 miles through a haire waring and a forest of y^e Kings. Blandford is a pretty neate Country town. Thence to Merly by Wimborn over a great river Called the Stoure and a large Arched bridge to a Relations house, S^r William Constantines house—thence to Poole a little seaport town 4 miles off where was a very good Minister in y^e publick Church—M^r Hardy.