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richest pasture, because it may be so managed as to admit of 

 being occasionally drawn down two or three feet to supply 

 canals, and other circumstances of advantage in this populous 

 and commercial part of the kingdom; exclusive of the increased 

 supply offish, where such food is in constant requisition. For 

 b reason I do not hesitate in recommending the piece of 

 w;iler already mentioned, which forms so striking a feature in 



Vom the house, and of which the effect will not be 



the 



less striking, when viewed from the ground near its shores. 



The sketch will give some idea of this change in the scenery 

 although its appearance in reality will be far more striking than 

 any representation of it by the pencil. 



THE APPROACHES. 



There is no part of the Art of Landscap 



which so much absurdity h 



Gardening in 



of B 



ho 1 1 



as in the line of road 



been displayed by the followers 



which should lead to the 



se: and because before his time every road was straight 



along an avenue to the front 



d in the shortest line from the 



high road, it has been supposed that an approach is now per 

 feet, m proportion to its curvature, and to its length: but good 

 taste, which is only plain common sense, aided by observation 

 directs us to make the road as <^r *■ Li^a*. - . ., 



with the 



s 



hap 



e o 



th 



beauty and interest 



e ground 



•> 



easy as possible, consistently 



one line shews 



more 

 than another, to prefer it; and if it is not 



actually the nearest possible, to make it more natural and easy 





