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ened favannah, which fets them off to great 



advantage*. On the other fide of the lawn, 



the distances are woody ; but more broken, 

 and not fo remote. 



Nor are the home-views around this 



beautiful fpot, lefs pleafmg, than thofe at 



a dirtance. We wound near a mile round 



the lodge, through a fucceflion of rich 



foreft-fcenery, compofed chiefly of beech. 



The trees themfelves are among the moil 



beautiful of their kind, having been fecured 



from the axe by the protection of the houfe 



they adorn. But ftill the beech, even in 



perfection, is inferior to the oak, the elm, 



and the afh, in moll of the characterises of 



pi6lurefque beauty. It has always too 'much 



of a fpiry pointednefs in the extremities of it's 



branches -, which gives a littlenefs to it's parts. 



In it's moft beautiful form it rarely makes off 



this chara6leriflic imperfection. If the trees 



however as individuals, were lefs pleafmg, 



their combinations were highly beautiful ; and 



exhibited much fcenery from thofe natural 



* The fame kind of fituation, only varied, is defcribed in 

 page 63. 



openings, 



