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sfometimes they pafs over a little fmooth pla^e 

 covered with Hones, and lead to an open fum- 

 mer-houfe, on which there are flower pots ; 

 fometimes they form arched walks, which arc 

 doubly twilled with thin bamboo, but in an 

 irregular way; and between it a fort of bulhy 

 ever-green is planted, which twines in among 

 them, and makes them look like a green walk 

 Befides this there are many various fcenes-: 

 Jiills covered with bufties, below which run 

 fome rivulets, furrounded \pith clofe Hand- 

 ing ftiady trees ; buildings which are three or 

 four {lories high, and generally open on the 

 fides ; towers, rough grottoes, bridges, ponds, 

 places fown with beans ; thick and wild bufhes 

 or little thickets, and other varieties which af- 

 ford a fine landfcape. Sometimes they have 

 low Hone feats under the {hade of fome great 

 trees, from whence they can furvey a great 

 part of the country. 



• Though their gardens are very large, yet 

 they appear Hill greater by their winding 

 walks which turn backwards and forwards.. 

 From as much as can be judged of their taite, 

 it appears that no part muft be fimilar to 

 another. In fome gardens they dig ditches, 

 round which a walk leads to all the above- 

 mentioned 



