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arisen all the absurdities of circuitous approaches, so aptly ridi- 

 culed by a modern poet in describing improvers, who 



i* 



lead us many a tedious round 



" To shewth' extent of their employer's ground." 



APPROACH FIIOM LONDON. 



IC III 



| •, III 



Having marked on the ground, and also on 

 general line, it is less necessary to describe it; bill as th- re is 

 little difference in the length of the present and proposed ]i„, s , 

 it may be proper to assign reasons for the alteration. 



The present approach enters tin 



h ; 



•OUgn a pari of the park, 



which can be made interesting only by planting all the 



groun 



that 



as 



een unfortunately cleared of wood; and when 



le. 



road enters that part of the park, where a few large trees have 

 been left, we perceive that they are too distant from each other, 

 and in an unhealthy state, from the 



grove navmg oecn too 



But 



le most objectionable part o 



(hi 



is ;id- 



hastily thinned. 



proach is the unfavourable circumstances under which tin 1 



louse is 



first 



snewn. 



The first sketch is a correct portrait o 



this scene; but from the difficulty of representing 



hill, the drawing does not shew the house so low as it app 



foil 



owin 



o 



biec- 



in reality : it serves, however, to describe the 



tions, exclusive of that which gives a bad first impression of the 



place, from shewing it below the eye. 



First, Part only of the south front is visible, which gives an 



idea of its being a small house. 



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