. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . in the eastern portion ofthe lawn, formed of one piece of white Egyptian granite. Itcame from the Arundel collection, having been bought by for Lord Arundel, at Rome, where Julius Caesar had setit up before the Temple of Venus Genetrix. This column wasnever erected since it fell in the ruins of old Rome until set uphere. On the fillet at the base is an inscription, cut in Egyptiancharacters, signifying ASTARTE. Through the northern portion of the grounds runs the riverWylye, dividing the lawn from the Kitchen garden. This river

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. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . in the eastern portion ofthe lawn, formed of one piece of white Egyptian granite. Itcame from the Arundel collection, having been bought by for Lord Arundel, at Rome, where Julius Caesar had setit up before the Temple of Venus Genetrix. This column wasnever erected since it fell in the ruins of old Rome until set uphere. On the fillet at the base is an inscription, cut in Egyptiancharacters, signifying ASTARTE. Through the northern portion of the grounds runs the riverWylye, dividing the lawn from the Kitchen garden. This riverjoins the Nadder some four hundred yards east of the park walls,and running through the meadows on its way to Salisbury, skirtsGeorge Herberts Rectory at Bemerton ; and it is believed that onits banks, in this neighbourhood, Izaak Walton composed muchof his work, The Compleat Angler. Both the Nadder and theWylye contain trout and grayling, and no doubt the occupantsof the old Abbey fully appreciated the supplies of fish whichthese rivers afforded igi

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