. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . New Buildings^ ^733 i o^ our left we see a portion of the Grove or deer-park ; and. on the right are the Water Walks, open free to the public. Old Antony a Wood quaintly extols these pleasant meanders shadowed withtrees. At some times of the year, says he, you will find them as delectableas the banks of the Eurotas, where Apollo himself was wont to walk and singhis lays. Entering these delightful walks by a stone bridge over the Cherwell,we turn to the left, and follow the pathway until we reach anothe
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . New Buildings^ ^733 i o^ our left we see a portion of the Grove or deer-park ; and. on the right are the Water Walks, open free to the public. Old Antony a Wood quaintly extols these pleasant meanders shadowed withtrees. At some times of the year, says he, you will find them as delectableas the banks of the Eurotas, where Apollo himself was wont to walk and singhis lays. Entering these delightful walks by a stone bridge over the Cherwell,we turn to the left, and follow the pathway until we reach another bridge onthe left leading to the deer-park, from which is to be seen an old water-mill,now modernized into a dwelling-house. Here the path turns sharply to the-righty and a few more steps will bring us to the delightful avenue known as Addisons Walk, said to have been a favourite resort of thateminent man of letters when a student of Magdalen. If time-does not permit the visitor to complete the circuit of the meadow„he can now retrace his steps to the Cloisters. Magdalen College. 37. 38 Alden*s Oxford Guide. A few interesting ariicles of gold and silver plate, including the P^ounders-Cup, have here survived the requisitions made by Charles I duiing the CivilWar. Here is also a grace-cup presented on the restoration of the Fellows whohad been ejected in the time of James II, when a Roman Catholic Presidentwas forced on the college. This incident is illustrated in one of the frescoes inthe Houses o( Parliament. Bishop Hough, whose portrait is in the Hall, was thePresidt-nt who resisted the Kings arbitrary demand. A remarkable ceremonyannually observed at Magdalen College forms the subject of a well-known,painting by Mr. Holman Hunt. Every May-day morning, at five oclock, aLatin Hymn to the Holy Trinity is sung on the summit of the Tower by thechoir habited in their surplices. The custom is commonly said to have beeasubstituted for a mass anciently performed for the soul of Km
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