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THE WATER. 



u There having been various opinions concerning the ma- 

 nagement of the Water, it may not be improper to state and 

 examine each in the following order. 



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The first opinion arises 





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le natural wish that 1 lie 



water should be in the lowest ground, and therefore it was pro- 



posed to float the valley to the north, making one large 



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e. 



To this there are many objections: first, it would not be seen 

 from the house; secondly, if seen, it would not 



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being to the north; and lastly, if it were possible (of which 

 have some doubts), it could only be accomplished by an enor- 

 mous dam across the valley: this it would be far more difficult 

 to disguise than the present dam, which only requires to be 

 planted to deceive, and conceal the lower ground; for every 

 piece of water that is made by Art to imitate Nature, must be 

 produced by some degree of deception. 



The second opinion is, that the brook should pass through 

 alley in a natural channel, instead of being checked by so 



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many different dams, to form so many different pools: 

 jection to this arises from the supply not being sufficient. Where 



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a rattling turbulent mountain-stream passes 



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valley, like the Derwent at Chatsworth, perhaps Mr. Brown 



was wrong in checking its noisy course, to produce the glassy 

 surface of a slow moving river; but as the quantity of water at 



Longleate might pass through a narrow channel 



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