202 Gbe (Barfcen 



The whole space is divided into a number 

 of scenes, each distinguished with taste and 

 fancy ; and the changes are so frequent, so sud- 

 den, and complete, the transitions so artfully 

 conducted, that the same ideas are never con- 

 tinued or repeated to satiety. 



These gardens were begun when regularity 

 was in fashion ; and the original boundary is 

 still preserved on account of its magnificence ; 

 for round the whole circuit, of between three 

 and four miles, is carried a very broad gravel 

 walk, planted with rows of trees, and open 

 either to the park or the country ; a deep-sunk 

 fence attends it all the way, and comprehends a 

 space of near four hundred acres. But in the 

 interior scenes of the garden few traces of regu- 

 larity appear ; where it yet remains in the planta- 

 tions it is generally disguised ; every symptom 

 almost of formality is obliterated from the 

 ground ; and an octagon basin in the bottom is 

 now converted into an irregular piece of water, 

 which receives on one hand two beautiful 

 streams, and falls on the other down a cascade 

 into a lake. 



In the front of the house is a considerable 

 lawn, open to the water, beyond which are two 

 elegant Doric pavilions, placed in the boundary 

 of the garden, but not marking it, though they 

 correspond to each other ; for still farther back, 



