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England and Scotland, who have honoured 

 me with their approbation — to show that I 

 have not hghtly undertaken the task they 

 have severally committed to my care ; but 

 that I have used my best endeavours to im- 

 prove each place in conformity with its lead- 

 ing features, and to unite, as much as in me 

 lies, every thing, from whatever source, that 

 ma}^ tend to give propriety, character, and 

 harmony to the whole. If I add, that the 

 name I bear is not unknown as connected 

 with subjects of taste, it is merely to suggest 

 the probability that an early and long-con- 

 tinued intimacy with the relatives to whom I 

 allude, would not leave me altogether un- 

 informed of its true principles. 



What then, we will ask, are those prin- 

 ciples as applicable to our immediate subject 

 — park or park-like scenery ? The author of 

 the Planter's Guide answers, — " Nature, im- 

 " proved and embellished by such art only as 

 " owns her supremacy, and knows to borrow, 

 '* without being herself seen, every pleasing 

 " form which owes its origin to that unfliiling 

 " source of variety and beauty." 



With this definition I cordially agree : it is 

 the basis upon which I aim to found all my 



