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There being at present no architectural form adapt <l to tin. 



purpose, I have ventured to suggest a hint for ifech a structure 

 as may support the road and raise the level of the water, rather 



calling it a Via-Duct than a Bridge. 



APPROACHES. 



s there is no part of llie arrangement of the grounds at 



Woburn where so much alteration 



v as in 



Approaches, I shall take this opportunity of enlarging on tl 



subject, by an inquiry into the cause of the errors so 



oft 



servable in this most essential part of Landscape Gardening. 



I call the Approach 1 lie most essential, because it is sell-evi- 

 dent, that if there be a house in a park, there must be a road to 

 it through the park: but the course of the line in which that 

 road should be conducted has been the source of much discus- 



sion and difference of opinion. Utility suggests thai the road 

 should be the shortest possible: it was for this reason 



sun- 



pose) that in former times the straight line was adopted, ac- 

 companied by rows of trees leading to the front of the house, 



which was probably the origin of avenues. The first gran 



approach to Woburn was of this kind; but experience having 

 pointed out the monotony of a long Avenue, where the house 

 is always seen in the same point of view, Le Notre boldly con- 



ceived an idea, which was realized at Woburn, atWanstead, 

 and in the front of some other palaces, viz. to obstruct its course 





by placing a large round basin or pond in the middle of the 



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