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head, where the river bursts from the urn of its 

 god, and passes on its course through the cave. 



But it is not my business to lay down rules for 

 gardens, but to give a history of them. A sys- 

 tem of rules pushed to a great degree of refine- 

 ment, and collected from the best examples and 

 practice, has been lately given in a book entitled 

 "Observations on Modern Gardening." The 

 work is very ingeniously and carefully executed, 

 and in point of utility rather exceeds than omits 

 any necessary directions. The author will ex- 

 cuse me if I think it a little excess, when he 

 examines that rude and unappropriated scene 

 of Matlocke Bath, and criticises nature for hav- 

 ing bestowed on the rapid river Derwent too 

 many cascades. 



How can this censure be brought home to gar- 

 dening ? The management of rocks is a prov- 

 ince can fall to few directors of gardens ; still in 

 our distant provinces such a guide may be 

 necessary. 



The author divides his subject into gardens, 

 parks, farms, and ridings. I do not mean to find 

 fault with this division. Directions are requi- 

 site to each kind, and each has its department at 

 many of the great scenes from whence he 

 drew his observations. In the historic light, I 

 distinguished them into the garden that con- 

 nects itself with a park, into the ornamented 



