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[Fig. 23. Plan of a common Farm, before any improvements.] 



road, a, is the boundary on one side : dd are prettily wooded 

 dells or hollows, which, together w'ith a few groups near 

 the proposed site of the house, c, and a few scattered single 

 trees, make up the aggregate of the original woody embel- 

 lishments of the locality. 



In the next figure (Fig. 24) a ground plan of the place is 

 given, as it would appear after having been judiciously 

 laid out and planted, with several years' growth. At a, the 

 approach road leaves the public highway and leads to the 

 house at c : from whence paths of smaller size, b, make 

 the circuit of the ornamental portion of the residence, 

 taking advantage of the wooded dells, d, originally existing, 

 which offer some scope for varied walks concealed from 

 each other by the intervening masses of thicket. It will 



