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present the idea of a walk ; and the correspond- 

 ence between their sides, the exactness of the 

 edges, the nicety of the materials and of the 

 preservation, appropriate them to spots in the 

 highest state of improvement. Applied to any 

 other subject than a park, their effect is the 

 same. A field surrounded by a gravel walk is to 

 a degree bordered by a garden ; and many orna- 

 ments may be introduced as appendages to the 

 latter, which would otherwise appear to be 

 inconsistent with the former. When these ac- 

 companiments occupy a considerable space, and 

 are separated from the field, the idea of a garden 

 is complete as far as they extend ; but if the 

 gravel be omitted, and the walk be only of turf, 

 a greater breadth to the border and more rich- 

 ness in the decorations are necessary to preserve 

 that idea. 



Many gardens are nothing more than such a 

 walk round a field ; that field is often raised to 

 the character of a lawn, and sometimes the 

 enclosure is, in fact, a paddock ; whatever it 

 be, the walk is certainly garden ; it is a spot set 

 apart for pleasure ; it admits on the sides a 

 profusion of ornament ; it is fit for the recep- 

 tion of every elegance, and requires the nicest 

 preservation ; it is attended also with many 

 advantages, may be made and kept without 

 much expense, leads to a variety of points, and 



