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Fence of the Deer Park. — Deer parks require fences 

 equal to the best description of park- walls. ^Tien they 

 are placed contiguous to the external boundary of the 

 home domain^ a considerable amount of separate fencing 

 may be dispensed ^vith. As a division fr'om the other 

 portions of the park, a well laid-out sunk fence wall of 

 medium height, with a "v\ire fence along the top, ^vill be 

 found to be sufficient. 



PlecLSure-Oi^ound Fences. — In immediate connection 

 with the mansion-house, and especially where there is 

 only a limited extent of dressed grounds between 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 maybe greatly intercepted. 

 In flat situations, and where the principal rooms are 

 raised only a few steps above the ground level, wire 

 fences are commonly the most suitable. The proper seclu- 

 sion of the pleasure-grounds will often require a waD of 

 six or seven feet in height, to separate them, for example, 

 from the back road to the house and offices. Such a 

 waU, however, should hardly ever cross the ^dews 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 wii-e 

 and small iron rods for the use of the park, come nearer 

 to perfection than any others. We consider them the 

 greatest improvement introduced into this department 

 of fencing during the last hundred years. Theii' hght 

 and simple forms interposing a small amount of opaque 

 matter between the eye and objects beyond, render them 



