. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. ats being Warwick Castleand Brooke House, Dorset. The Castle occupies the summit of a steep hill, which greatly aided its artificialdefences in the olden time. The present approach isby a narrow passage, cut through the solid rock, andextending to the main entrance from the Porters Lodge,—the Lodge itself, however, being a place of attractionwhich few will leave unvisited, for here are collected themarvellous relics of the great Earl—a rib of the dun cow,a tusk of the wild boar, with horse armour, a helmet,breast-plat
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. ats being Warwick Castleand Brooke House, Dorset. The Castle occupies the summit of a steep hill, which greatly aided its artificialdefences in the olden time. The present approach isby a narrow passage, cut through the solid rock, andextending to the main entrance from the Porters Lodge,—the Lodge itself, however, being a place of attractionwhich few will leave unvisited, for here are collected themarvellous relics of the great Earl—a rib of the dun cow,a tusk of the wild boar, with horse armour, a helmet,breast-plate, tilting-pole, and walking-staff, of such prodi-gious size and weight that they could have suited only agiant and his steed. Of the two famous Towers, that of Guyis to the right, while that of Csesar (here represented)is to the left: they are connected by a strong embattledwall, in the centre of which is the ponderous arched Gate-way, flanked by Towers, and succeeded by a second archedGateway, with Towers and Battlements, formerly defended by two portholes, one of 3. WARWICK CASTLE. which still remains; before the whole is now a disused Moat, with an arch thrownover it at the Gateway, where was once the drawbridge. * Passing the double Gateway, the court-yard is entered. Thus seen, the castellatedmansion of the most famous of the feudal Barons has a tranquil and peaceful aspect;fronting it is a green sward, and the frowning keep which conceals all its gloomierfeatures behind a screen of ivy and evergreen shrubs. It is only when viewed from theriver, when the battlements of the old Castle seem literally towering in air, that a notionis obtained of its prodigious strength. The slopes, however, are now clothed with gently-growing trees; several unscathed cedars speak of long years of rest from strife; thegardens are among the fairest and most fertile of the kingdom; and in one of theconservatories of the rich Park, is deposited the Vase, which may be said to have givena seco
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