IHHo.] A DAY /iV /I A' riXCI.ISII I'AUK. Vo 



longest in Imi'jJiumI ; it is over mix uiil'fs in l<;n;,'th in a straight 

 lino, an<l about 50 yards wi<I<', flanked on each side liy litnos, 

 clicHtnuLs, Leeches, lirs of various kinds, inehiding many IjeautiCul 

 cedars. About one-tliird of a mile fiom the main entrance at 

 (Jecily Hill, is a liexagonal stone erection, one of those said to 

 have h(;en designed by l'o]>e, wlio appears to have had considerable 

 taste for landscape gardening, which in liis dtiy was considered an 

 art worthy of a king to practise. Indeed, in this very erection he 

 iiiiiy ]iiiv(! composed his pociicil epistle- to the then Lord Ijathiirst, 

 on his judicious use of jielu.'s: — 



" 'I'he KciiKc to valiK! I'iclies witii tin; ;iiL 

 T' <!iij<)y lliciii, iiml tin.' viiliKj to iinji.-irt 

 Not nifaiily. Nor iiiiibition.sly ])ur.su(!(i, 

 Not HUiik by nlotli, oi- rjii.Hiid Ity Mci'vitmlt; : 

 To li.'it'iiici- fortuiii; l»y ;i just i-xpoK-e, 

 Join witli ('(toiioiiiy iii;i;,'iiifi<-i!ii(;<! ; 

 Witli H|»I<;ii(lour, cluirity : with ))l<!iity, li";iltli : 

 Oil, teach uh, Jiatliuist ! \'<;t iuis|)oil(;il with wealth! 

 'J'liat Hcci'ct r;U(!, lictwceii tin; extremes to move, 

 (Jf mad good-nature, and of mean self-love." 



Still f;i)-lhei' on, wo cone; to iinother monument of the poet's 

 skill in this line, cidlod " j'opii's Scjat," near which a l^eautiful 

 vi(;w is obtaineil of the ])a)'k and surrouiuling country. Many 

 avenues radiaU; in eveiy direction from this s])ot. At the (hvcrse 

 cxtrcmi! ends miiy Ite seen a church spire or other conspicuous 

 object, as if built on i.uiiio^c to coin])l(ite the general harmony. 

 I'ope may have been leil by this varied landscape to conceive the 

 following : — 



" Who tlii'ii sliiill ^o;ici', or who iininovc the soil? 

 Who plants like I'.athiust, oi- who hiiilds like Jioyle ? 

 "ris Use alone that saiietifies expense, 

 And S|)l(;iidonr Ixhtowm all her iviys from Sense. 



His t"a,tlier's ai:r(;s who enjoys in peace, 

 Or ni;d<es his nei;L,dilioin-s <,d;i,d, if Ik; increase ; 

 Whose cheerfiii Ifiiaiits bless their yearly toil, 

 Vet to their Lord owe mon; than to tin; soil : 

 Whose ample l;i\vns are not- ashanxMl to feed 

 'I'he milky heifer or deserving ste(;d : 

 Whose rising foi'esis, not foi- pride or show, 

 lint fntnre buildings, future navies, grow ; 

 \,A, his plantations stretch from down to down, 

 riist shaih; a coiuitry, an<l then raise a town." 



It would thus a])p(!ai' thiit lV)])e was well "versed" in forestry, 

 ■ ind the ti'uin of Ihoughl expressed by him above, which is not 

 oidy (piilc. ;ipplicabl(! to the park as it stands to-day, but also to tlu; 

 traits (jf its ])res(!nt nol)l(! owner, who unstintingly allows the public 

 at large!, whether on foot, or mounted, or in carriages, to walk, ride, 



