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honour of gîvîng to bis country many délicate fruit s y and be 

 thought of Utile elfe than dfpofng them to fhe bejl advari" 

 îûge. Hère is the pajjage 1 propofed to quote ; it is lojig^ 

 but I need tiot make an apology to the reaâer for entertaining 

 hini wîtb any other words injîead of my own. 



" The beft fgure of a garden is eitber afqtiare or an Ob'- 

 long, and eitber iipon a fat or a defcent : tbey bave ail tbeir 

 beauties, but tbc beft I eftee?n an oblong iipon a defcent» The 

 beauty, the air, the vieiv make amenas for the expence, 

 ivhicb is very great infinijhing andfupporting the terras-walks, 

 in levelling the parterres, and in the ftone-ft airs tbat are ne* 

 cejfary from one to the other. 



** The pe?feBeft fgure of a garden I everfaw, eitber çt 

 home or abroad, was tbat of Moor-park in Hertfordjhire, wben 

 I knew it about tbirty years ago. It was made by the 

 cou?îtefs of Bedford, ejiee?ned among the greateft ivits of ber 

 time, -and celebrated by do5lor Domie -, and witb very great 

 care, excellent contrivance and miicb coft -, but greater fums 

 may be thrown away laitbout effe'B or bonour, if tbere 

 wants fenfe in proportion to money, or if nature be not fol- 

 lowed, whicb I take to be tbe great ride in tbis, and perbaps 



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