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Fence of the Deer Park. — Deer parks require 

 fences equal to the best description of park walls. 

 When they are placed contiguous to the external 

 boundary of the home domain, a considerable amount 

 of separate fencing must be dispensed with. As a 

 division from the other portions of the park, a well- 

 laid-out, sunk fence-wall, of medium height, with a 

 wire fence along the top, will be found to be sufficient. 



Note. — Deer, in the United States, cost more than 

 they come to. The fallow deer of England do not 

 withstand the vicissitudes of our climate, and the 

 American deer are too wild, and leap too high, to be 

 favorites with our park proprietors. Well bred cattle 

 and sheep are better. — Ed. 



Pleasure-ground Fences. — In immediate connec- 

 tion with the mansion-house, and especially where 

 there is only a limited extent of dressed grounds be- 

 tween it and the park, the most appropriate fence is 

 an architectural one of the same materials, and in the 

 same style, as the principal buildings. In no case 

 should this fence be raised much above the general 

 surface, otherwise the view of the external scenery 

 may be greatly intercepted. In flat situations, and 

 where the principal rooms are raised only a few steps 

 above the ground level, wire fences are connnonly the 

 most suitable. The proper seclusion of the pleasure- 

 grounds will often require a wall of six or seven feet 

 in height, to separate them, for example, from the 

 back-road to the house and ofiices. Such a wall, 

 however, should hardly ever cross the views from the 

 principal windows. In these places, a sunk fence, or 

 a wire fence, should generally be substituted. 



Malleable Iron Fences, such as those made of 



