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to vie with the manfion they depend on ; but 

 keep a refpectful diftance. Herds of cattle 

 are beautiful, in a high degree, in their proper 

 place, among lawns and woods ; but pent up, 

 as they are obliged to be in yards, amidft filth 

 and litter, they are no objects of beauty. 

 Neither fhould their habitations be confidered 

 as fuch. Ornaments here ferve only to call 

 the attention to a nuifance. 



From Cadland we proceeded to Hithc 

 through a variety of fuch beautiful countiy, 

 that we almoft thought the houfe we had juft 

 feen, might have been better ftationed elfe- 

 where. In a variety of pleafmg fituations it is 

 difficult to felect the beft. Something may 

 excel in each; and the eye, divided in it's 

 choice, is unwilling to relinquifh any thing. 

 As we cannot however poflefs every beauty, 

 and every convenience at once, we muft forego 

 that idea ; and endeavour to make fuch a 

 fele<5lion, as will include the moil; tho per- 

 haps fome ftriking beauty, which we obferve 

 in other fituations, is loft. This probably 

 is the cafe of the elegant manfion we have 



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