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From the Gothic building a broad walk leads 

 to the Grecian valley, which is a scene of more 

 grandeur than any in the gardens ; it enters 

 them from the park, spreading at first to a 

 considerable breadth, then winds, grows nar- 

 rower but deeper, and loses itself at last in a 

 thicket, behind some lofty elms, which interrupt 

 the sight of the termination. L,ovely woods and 

 groves hang all the way on the declivities, and 

 the open space is broken by detached trees, 

 which near the park are cautiously and sparing- 

 ly introduced, lest the breadth should be con- 

 tracted by them ; but as the valley sinks they 

 advance more boldly down the sides, stretch 

 across or along the bottom, and cluster at times 

 into groups and forms, which multiply the 

 varieties of the larger plantations. Those are 

 sometimes close coverts, and sometimes open 

 groves. The trees rise in one upon high stems, 

 and feather down to the bottom in another, and 

 between them are short openings in the park or 

 the gardens. In the midst of the scene, just at 

 the bend of the valley and commanding it on 

 both sides, upon a large, easy, natural rise, is 

 placed the Temple of Concord and Victory. At 

 one place its majestic front of six Ionic col- 

 umns, supporting a pediment filled with bas- 

 relief, and the points of it crowned with statues, 

 faces the view ; at another, the beautiful colon- 



