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without leading to any fixed principle. It is 

 not with any pretension to adjust this diffi- 

 culty that I offer a few remarks upon the 

 subject ; but, principally, to suggest a con- 

 deration, which I do not recollect either to 

 have met with in print, or to have heard viva 

 voce. 



Among the various opinions on the pro- 

 priety of a lodge, and the numerous examples 

 for its different styles, the subject has been 

 considered merely with relation to the re- 

 sidence to which it is attached. 



Now, I conceive the question of propriety 

 to depend at least as much upon the charac- 

 ter of the scenery where the lodge is placed 

 as upon that of the house which it accom- 

 panies. 



The splendid gateways at Burleigh and at 

 Woburn, opening into the grand and extensive 

 scenery of the parks, are perfectly in unison 

 with that scenery j but were any approach to 

 enter the domains at some spot where the 

 inequality of the ground, and the confined 

 scenery, afforded little room for display, I 

 should conceive such gateways sadly mis- 

 placed. A gamekeeper's cottage would be 

 more in harmony with the scene, and there- 



