ductions; on the other the
fragrant apple, the sweet pear, and mellow peach borrow support from the
strong granite wall to bring their burdens to maturity. Behold there two
fountains casting their crystal and refreshing contents aloft, as if
making restitution to the thirsting atmosphere for what they stole from
him under ground. The water falls back again, however, and is received
by the marble basin at the base, to form a neat pond, where gold and
silver fish sport and gambol. A little at a distance, to the rear, the
fragrance of honey and the busy hum of the bee are perceived by your
grateful senses. The place looks like an earthly paradise; every thing
there seems to laugh without restraint, from the creeping rose fastened
to the hedge to the tall, princely-looking mountain ash, with its
bunches of red berries.

The only one living thing that seemed pensive and sad there was a
lovely, delicate fawn, which rested, with her head drooping, at the foot
of a rose bush, on the summit of the little green mound which was the
centre of this delightful spot. Perhaps the lovely creature is after
being weaned from the udder of its affectionate dam; or, perhaps, she
grieves for the absence of some favorite in the palace of whom she is
the pet. But that the creature grieves is evident, for you could see the
two moist tracks furrowed on the smooth face, from the tears that have
flowed there.

But the inside of the "great house," who can describe it? From the
ground floor to the uppermost attic, the rooms presented that waste of
furniture, in the shape of sofas, ottomans, easy chairs, couches,
carpets, tapestries, curtains, paintings, pier glasses, plate, and a
thousand other articles contributive of ease and luxury, which the most
extravagant expenditure could procure or vanity suggest. In truth, the
interior was the exact counterpart of the exterior, in the artistic
arrangement and splendor of every thing. To the eye of an observer, on
an ordinary occasion, every thing appeared gorgeous in the extreme; but
on the occasion we describe, when preparation was making for a grand
reception, all was joy, mirth, luxury, and happiness. Servants of every
color and hue were seen moving through the labyrinths of the saloons and
chambers of this great palace, uncovering the long-concealed splendors
of valuable articles, and arranging every thing for the most
advantageous show.

And

"Now through the palace chambers moving lights