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it is defective in two particulars; first, the ground falls in an 

 inclined plane, and though the lawn is very deep, yet it is so 



fore-shortened to the eye, that very little of it is visible, and that 



part of it near the eye is dirty and unap propria I e as a V 





from such apartments. This will be remedied by the terrace 

 and dressed ground proposed. The distance, consisting of a 



rich valley, though bounded by the Palaces of Bolsover an 

 Hardwicke in the horizon, wants marked and appropriated 



features. The smoke and the flame of a foundery altract our 



notice; but the eye would be more powerfully fixed by the 



expanse of water, which might be spread over the bottom, and 

 by removing some trees, to do away I he traces of those two rows 

 that were at one time thought ornamental. The effect of such 

 widely separated rows of trees was not like that of the ancient 

 avenue, whose dark and solemn grandeur amply compensated 

 or its artificial ranks: but this seems to have been a specimen 

 of the power which Art might exert over Nature, by compel 

 ling trees to form lines, and take possession of a country far be 



yond the limits of the park or lawn belonging to the house; 

 and of course such puerile attempts at mock importance are not 

 worthy to be retained. 



THE WATER. 



It very rarely happens that an object of beauty or taste can 

 also be made an object of profit ; but at Wingerworth the same 

 surface, covered by water, may be more profitable than the 



