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tafie and fplendor» Thofe in the pîazza Navona cire as 

 ufeful as fublimely conceived. 



Grottoes in this cîimate are recejfes only to be looked at 

 îranjiently, When they are regularJy compofed ivithin of 

 fymmetry and ar c hit e Bure, as in Italy, they are only fpleJid- 

 ed improprieties. The mojî judicioiijly, indeed moji fortu- 

 nately placed grotto, is that at Stourhead, where the river 

 burjis from the iirn of its god, and pajfes on its courfe 

 throiigh the cave. 



But it is not my biifinefs to lay down ruies for gardcns, 

 lut to give the hijîory of the?n. A fyftem of rides puficd 

 to a great degree of refnement, and colleBed from the befi 

 exampics and praBice, has been lately given in a book in- 

 tituled Obfervations on modem Gardening. The work is 

 very ingenicujly and carefully executed, and in point of 

 utility rather exceeds than omits any necejaiy direBions, 

 The author will excufe 7ne if I think it a littîe excefs, 

 when he examines that rude and tinappropriated fcene oj 

 Matlocke-bathy and criticizes nature for having bejiowed 

 on the rapid river Derwent too many cafcades. How can 

 this cenfure be brought home to gardening? The manage- 

 ment of rocks is a province can fall to feiv direBors of 



gardcns i 



