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unded by straight lines, is 
so F contain an acre or two, 
and the whole of. the interior is to 
be laid out as a pleature-ground 
then the walks may be varied in| Where one walk abuts upon or joins — 
direction ; the boundary being con- 
aled by trees and shrubs, or by 
tificial undulations of the soil. In 
"gen ral, it may be laid down as a 
ale, that all walks should be 
straight when there is no obvious 
reason why they should be other- 
wise ; and hence, in the case of all 
winding walks, if there is not a 
natural and apparently unavoidable 
reason for their deviating from the 
straight line, an artificial reason 
ought to be created. This may 
always be done even on a flat sur- 
face, by the position of trees and 
shrubs, or when there is the slightest 
inclination to inequality of surface, 
the same sufficient reason may be 
created by heightening these ine- 
qualities. When a winding walk 
bends to the right the trees and shrubs 
ought to be chiefly conspicuous on 
the left side, and the contrary ; and | 
the same rule is applicable to the | 
natural or artificial inequalities. 
When a walk is made perfectly 
straight, the surface of the ground 
ought to be perfectly even for some 
feet in width on each side of the 
walk, excepting in some few cases, 
such as a straight terrace walk along 
to allure the spectator ; because 
ety turn has the effect of an object 
exciting his curiosity and inducing 
to advance to see what is beyond. 
another at a nearly right angle, it be- 
com sip | 
| a straight walk; and opposite to the 
abutting point or place of junction 
there ought to be a seat, a statue, or 
some other object, partly to form a 
termination to the abutting or jeining 
walk, and partly to serve as an ob- 
vious reason Na one walk joins 
to the other at that point nha 
elsewhere. At the same time, other 
reasons for the Action at that point 
may exist or may be created ; for 
example, the su of the ground 
may be favo , or trees and 
shrubs may be planted so as to ren- 
der it apparently impossible to join 
anywhere else. It has been said, 
that in laying out winding walks, 
nature should be imitated, and the 
track of sheep in pastures, or of 
wild animals on commons, have 
bega held up as examples :— 
——‘‘ The milkmaid’s careless ste : 
| Has, through yon pasture green, trom stile to 
stile, 
Imprest a kindred curve ; the scudding hare 
heaths, f 
A path as gently waving.””—— 
But to imitate such walks wou'd 
be to copy vulgar nature ; anc there- 
a regular uniform slope, in which | fore art refines on these lines 7 
case the ground on one side of the 
walk will rise regularly, and on the 
other side will fall regularly. All 
- straight walks should lead to some 
conspicuous object at the further end 
of the walk, and facing it, so as to 
appear to belong to it; and this 
object should be seen the moment 
the walk is entered upon. Hence, 
every straight walk should have an 
object at each end, such as a seat, 
an alcove, an archway, a gate, a 
door, a statue, a fountain, &c. A 
winding walk, on the contrary, re- 
quires no object at the further end 
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rendering them more definite and 
'elegant. In short, by exhibiting ‘n 
| them a choice of form or line for its 
own sake; because of the various 
lines or parts of lines found in acci- 
dental footpaths, or in the tracks of 
hares, some must be more agreeable 
to the eye than others, and it is only 
these agreeable parts which are to 
be imitated, and coma garden 
scenery. All this is fou on the 
recognition of a principle, which is 
or ough be the foundation ofall 
the fine arts; viz., that nature is to 
e imitated, not to be copied. To 
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