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some, but they will rear many, and in a few years will he- 

 impenetrable thicket, as a cover for game, and a har- 

 eer, when the temporary fences will be no longer 



come 



our 



for 



necessary 



OF THE INTETUOlt. 



The internal arrangement of houses has 



undergone 



great 



change since this mansion was first erected. Formerly the great 

 hall at Beaudesert was always used as a dining-room; and there 

 cannot be a better room for that purpose : indeed it would he 





a violation of all archaeological good taste to dine in any oilier. 

 I would therefore consider the new room to the east as a music 



i 



or drawing-room, to be used en suite with that venerable gal- 

 lery of magnificence and comfort, now transformed into the 



r 



library; and the great hall will then be the rendezvous 



breakfasts and dinners, having immediate access to the plea- 



sure groun 



on the same level ; and as it 



wi 



ill 



e advisable to 



exclude all view to the south by means of stained glass, it is 

 more necessary to attend to the improvement of the view to- 

 wards the west : this has already been begun, by cutting down 



some very tall trees, which not 



prevented the eye from 



looking up the rocky ravine or dell, but also excluded the light 

 of the sky, which now sheds its cheerfulness on many v 



abl 



Portraits of those Worthies, who in remote times graced the 

 banquets of this room with their presence, and now add dignity 

 to their noble descendants, by still holding a place in the man- 



sion 



of 



ancient family 





