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before the house, is the winding valley above- 

 mentioned ; the lower part of it is assigned to 

 the Blysian fields ; they are watered by a lovely 

 rivulet, are very lightsome, and very airy, so 

 thinly are the trees scattered about them, are 

 open at one end to more water and a larger 

 glade, and the rest of the boundary is frequent- 

 ly broken to let in objects afar off, which ap- 

 pear still more distant from the manner of 

 showing them. The entrance is under a Doric 

 arch, which coincides with an opening among 

 the trees, and forms a kind of vista, through 

 which a Pembroke bridge just below, and a 

 lodge built like a castle in the park, are seen 

 in a beautiful perspective. That bridge is at one 

 extremity of the gardens, the Queen's Pillar is 

 at another, yet both are visible from the same 

 station in the Blysian fields, and all these 

 external objects are unaffectedly introduced, 

 divested of their own appurtenances, and com- 

 bined with others which belong to the spot. 

 The Temple of Friendship also is in sight just 

 without the place, and within it are the Temples 

 of Ancient Virtue and of the British worthies, 

 the one in an elevated situation, the other down 

 in the valley, and near to the water. Both are 

 decorated with the effigies of those who have 

 been most distinguished for military, civil, or 

 literary merit ; and near to the former stands a 



