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forms 11 part of the icliole landscape, or a part only of 

 onC' of the views from the dwelling, when such dwelling 

 commands a separate view from its different fronts. 

 The snhject of the landscape which is to be embraced 

 in the single, or in the several views of a residence, 

 cannot be too closely nor too intimately studied, before 

 determining the site for the buildings. 



It may be remarked in this coimection, that as no 

 landscape view can be complete without water, it 

 should, when it can be embraced in the view, always 

 find a place, far or near, as circumstances may con- 

 trol. Minor objects in wood, buildings, or extent of 

 country, may be discarded for the advantage of a grand 

 view of the water. Indeed, we know of no sensation 

 suddenly breaking on the mind like that of a fine 

 water view wdien we have been long pent up among 

 woods and grass alone, however picturesque and beau- 

 tiful they may be. It expands the heart, exhilarates 

 the spirits, and stirs the soul as no other natural object 

 can do ; and — although from being long accustomed 

 to it we may be over-partial — we would not forego the 

 daily spectacle of a broad sheet of moving, living water, 

 for all the petty artificial gettings-up of all the ai'tistio 

 gardeners in the universe. — Ed. 



A more elevated position, even though it may be 

 near some public road, will probably command equally 

 fine views of the river, and at the same time be more 

 free from intrusion, than any of those lower down. We 

 may add, that certain baronial residences, and some 

 of them of no small splendor, are occasionally seen 

 Btanding on the side of street or road, having been 

 erected there because they w^ere places of strength in 

 ancient times. Such remains of the old feudal glories 



