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my meaning, when I say that there is scarce a 

 garden in China which does not contain some 

 fine moral, couched under the general design, 

 where one is not taught wisdom as he walks, 

 and feels the force of some noble truth, or deli- 

 cate precept, resulting from the disposition 

 of the groves, streams, or grottos. Permit me 

 to illustrate what I mean by a description of my 

 gardens at Quamsi. My heart still hovers 

 round those scenes of former happiness with 

 pleasure ; and I find a satisfaction in enjoying 

 them at this distance, though but in imagina- 

 tion. 



You descended from the house between two 

 groves of trees, planted in such a manner that 

 they were impenetrable to the eye ; while on 

 each hand the way was adorned with all that 

 was beautiful in porcelain, statuary, and paint- 

 ing. This passage from the house opened into 

 an arena surrounded with rocks, flowers, trees, 

 and shrubs, but all so disposed as if each was 

 the spontaneous production of nature. As you 

 proceeded forward on this lawn, to your right 

 and left hand were two gates, opposite each 

 other, of very different architecture and design ; 

 and before you lay a temple, built rather with 

 minute elegance than ostentation. 



The right-hand gate was planned with the 

 utmost simplicity, or rather rudeness ; ivy 



