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fence, or the visible difference in the preserva- 

 tion. 



This objection, however, has more or less 

 force, according to the character of the enclos- 

 ure : if that be a paddock or a lawn it may 

 exhibit scenes not unworthy of the most elegant 

 garden, which, agreeing in style, will unite in 

 appearance with the garden. The other objec- 

 tions also are stronger or weaker in proportion 

 to the space allowed for the appendages, and 

 not applicable at all to a broad circuit of gar- 

 den, which has room within itself for scenery, 

 variety, and character ; but the common narrow 

 walk, too indiscriminately in fashion, if con- 

 tinued to a considerable extent, becomes very 

 tiresome, and the points it leads to must be 

 more than ordinarily delightful to compensate 

 for the fatigue of the way. 



This tediousness may, however, be remedied 

 without any extravagant enlargement of the 

 plan, by taking in at certain intervals an addi- 

 tional breadth, sufficient only for a little scene 

 to interrupt the uniformity of the progress. 

 The walk is then a communication, not between 

 points of view, through all which it remains 

 unaltered, but between the several parts of a 

 garden, in each of which it is occasionally lost, 

 and, when resumed, it is at the worst a repeti- 

 tion, not a continuation, of the same idea ; the 



