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each belongs peculiarly to some other spot ; 

 they are all blended together in this, without 

 meaning, and are rather shown on a map than 

 formed into a picture. The water only is capi- 

 tal ; a broad expanse of it is so near as to be 

 seen under the little groups on the bank with- 

 out interruption ; beyond it is a wood, which in 

 one place leaves the lake to run up behind a 

 beautiful building of three pavilions, joined by 

 arcades, all of the Ionic order ; it is called 

 Kent's Building ; and never was a design more 

 happily conceived ; it seems to be character- 

 istically proper for a garden ; it is so elegant, so 

 varied, and so purely ornamental ; it directly 

 fronts the rotunda, and a narrow rim of the 

 country appears above the trees beyond it ; but 

 the effect even of this noble object is fainter 

 here than at other points ; its position is 

 not the most advantageous ; and it is but one 

 among many other buildings, none of which 

 are principal. 



The scene at the Temple of Bacchus is in 

 character directly the reverse of that about the 

 rotunda, though the space and the objects are 

 nearly the same in both. But in this, all the 

 parts concur to form one whole : the ground 

 from every side shelves gradually towards the 

 lake ; the plantations on the farthest bank 

 open to show Kent's Building, rise from the 



