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ground must have a bad effect ; nor, I fear, 

 would the iron rail make " an avowed sepa- 

 " ration " between the dress ground and the 

 pasture. 



In point of expense nothing is saved, as 

 the supporting wall is to be of the same cha- 

 racter as the house ; and consequently would 

 serve for the dwarf wall I recommend. 



But whence this horror of a fence, which 

 good sense — a constituent part of good taste 

 — prescribes ? If it be contrary to good sense 

 to admit the cattle on the dressed lawn, it is, 

 I conceive, equally contrary to let it appear 

 they are admitted. The observations I have 

 ventured to make a few pages back, express 

 my opinion upon the absolute necessity in 

 many places, and the great utility in many 

 more, of an obvious and solid fence between 

 the dress ground and the country beyond it. 

 I would not, however, be understood as pre- 

 scribing a wall for the appropriate fence, in 

 all cases. To prevent such misapprehension, 

 it may be necessary to enter more largely 

 into the subject. 



And first, there are places where no sepa- 

 rating fence is visible, either on the dress 

 side or on that of the approach ; as at Wilton, 



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