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REPORT CONCERNING A VILLA IN 



VERY SINGULARLY SITUATED, 



Consisting of four or five acres of Garden, in the centre of Epping Forest 



abounding in Deer, and immediately surrounded by a Rabbit Warren 



of twenty acres* 



delivering my opinion concerning the improvement of this 

 ee, I must state the peculiar circumstances which render it 

 very different from any other. 



The House was much out of repair. It had long been the 

 Rein-Deer tavern, occupied not as an inn by the side of some 



3 in a sequestered part of the forest, 



great 



ad 



but 



hous 



and 



with summer access by green lanes, or broad grass glades; 

 appropriated to the Sunday visits of those who made holiday, 

 fancying they enjoyed solitude in a forest, amidst the crowd of 

 "felicity hunters" who came here to forget the cares of London. 

 It was not uncommon to see fifty horses in the yards and sta- 

 bles, and twice as many guests filling the large rooms; but 



these visits were confined to the summer month 



and 



on 



th 



account the cool views towards the north were preferred to the 



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sunshine of the south. Now it must have occurred to all who 



attend to situation in the country, that in this climate the first 

 object of cheerfulness and comfort for a permanent residence is 

 a south or south-east aspect. If a family ever reside here dur- 



