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shapes of land or water, which are artificial, must be made na- 



tural, the cost would 



as much more to undo the work ol 



former times, as the difference between the price of labour and 



the value of money now, and at the period when these cosily 

 works were executed. 



A TEW TO Till: WEST 



My opinion respecting* this View will, I have no doubt 



dered as a dereliction of all 



in 



Lan d 



scape 



Gardening. 



n 



lis 



ie modern notions of taste 

 view towards the we 



can see nothing natural, except the material 

 furnished, of land, trees, and water; but all 

 forcibly brought 

 longer to be cons 



wl 



i 



t w 



Nature has 



have been 



trol of Arl, that I hey are no 



dered as natural objects, any more tl 



the 



stones and masonry of the h 



be considered as nalural 



rocks. The surface of the ground has been shaped to form 

 responding and adequate roads of approach, and the trees h 



been ranged in rows to accompany 



roads. The water h 



collected into a vast has 



by 



e 



t 



f art 



Inch 



s 



ved in the lofty 



d that separates 



upper 



om 



e 



lower levels 



All these have existed nearly a hundred y 



y 



and, whether right orwrong, cannot now be altered; while they 

 afford a magnificent specimen of the ancient style of Gardening. 

 The great character of this place must be considered as it relate 

 to the vicinity of the capital 



1'hose who could treat tl 



s 



did Palace like the seat of an English country gentleman, at th 



