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terre'is more consonant than a square urea of lawn, loo small 



to be fed by flocks and herds, and loo large to be considered 



as a 



bowli 



ing-green. This, I hope, will he a sufficient excuse 



u 



ut 



for my having advised, or, I should rather say, acceded lo 



disposing of the area or garden in front of this place, 

 there is also another reason for it: the principal rooms being 

 raised over a basement story, I he interior of I hi- area will be 



i such 



visible from thence; while I he clipped fence, with w 



a garden ought to be surrounded, will prevent the public from 



e even 



lose 



/ 



looking into this private garden, and will exclttd 

 who actually come into the fore-court, and drive up to the por- 

 tico. The contrast betwixt the works of Art and of K al tire will 

 increase the interest of both ; and the foreground may be viewed 

 as a rich carpet spread under the eye, in perfect harmony with 

 the vases and obelisks, and other works of art, attached to the 



architectural grandeur of the entrance-front. 



THE WATER. 



The natural surface about this pi 



so flat and level a 



plain, that it must depend for all its interest and beauty on the 

 wood and the water, without which it would be a dreary waste. 

 But these two objects are at present unconnected; and the 

 naked banks of the large ponds give rather the appearance o 

 a land flood, than of natural lakes or pools. It will therefore 

 be advisable to clothe very amply the heads and banks of the 

 reservoir pool in such manner, as may render it unnecessary to 



