which wheeled around us in the form of a 

 crefcent, near two miles in circuit. It was a 

 beautiful fcene, hung with wood on every fide. 



Near this place ftands Rhinfield-lodge ; 

 the fituation of which is perhaps as pleafing, 

 tho not fo grand, as that of 3oldre-wood. 

 It ftands on a fpreading hill, incircled with 

 groves of oak, among which indeed greater 

 deftruction hath been made, for the fake of 

 the view, than feems to have been neceflary. 

 As the ground falls on every fide from the 

 hill, on which the houfe ftands, fo on every 

 fide, it foon begins to rife again, tho very 

 gently, expanding by degrees into a vaft 

 circle of foreft-fcenery of every fpecies ex- 

 tenfive woods fkirted heaths intermixtures 

 of wood and lawn and all this landfcape 

 exhibited through the various removes of 

 diftance. When we were fated with thefe 

 grand fcenes, we had them afterwards pre- 

 fented more picturefquely in parts, as we 

 defcended the hill from the lodge. In this 

 descent we caught them eveiy where to 

 great advantage, through the boles, and 

 branches of the {lately oaks, which furrounded 

 ijs. As the ground, which immediately in- 

 circled 



