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t ion the works of another 



I have however endeavour* d to 



i 



my duty, in conformity to your Graces instructions, so strongly 



and 



clearly expressed, that I 



s 



which I have b 



d whicl 



ded 



my 



I hope, will j 



tify 



peat the directions by 

 deration of tbe ubjcct. 



ni 



freedom in discussing 



Much has been done here, but much relhains to ) 



d something, I think, to undo 



i done, 



& 



I am not partial to destroy 



mg works recently executed; but sometimes cases wi 



occur 



c 



where an alternate 



t 



should look 



scarcely left. My wish 



* 



thai \ 



on 



every thing about the grounds here 



ltt 



\ tively, and then freely give me your opinion, as to what alle- 

 6 rations or improvements suggest themselves to your judg- 



' ment, leaving the execution of them to my own discretion or 



c 



leisure. 



» 



Such instruction will best plead my excuse for the freedom 



with which I deliver my sentiments; and if in 



many instances 



I must condemn what Mr. Holland has done at Woburn, as a 

 Landscape Gardener, yet, as an Architect, the magnificent 

 Library, in which this volume aspires to hold a place, will be 

 a lasting monument of his genius and good taste. 



The original situation of Woburn Abbey was judiciously 

 chosen in those times when water, the most essential neces^arx 

 of life, was suffered to take its natural course along the valleys; 





and before the ingenuity of man had invented hydraulic en- 

 gines to raise it from the valleys to the hills. The great object 

 of the monks was to take advantage of two small springs or 

 rivulets,, of which the traces are still left iu the pool- and shapes 



