242 SOME FAMOUS GARDENS 



together, and form larger Pieces of Water and 

 Lakes. They pass these Streams, Lakes, and Rivers, 

 in beautiful and magnificent Boats. In each of 

 these Valleys, there are Houses about the Banks of 

 the Water ; very well disposed : with their different 

 Courts, open and close Porticos, Parterres, Gardens, 

 and Cascades. 



They go from one of the Valleys to another, not 

 by formal straight Walks as in Europe ; but by 

 various Turnings and Windings, adorn'd on the 

 Sides with little Pavilions and charming Grottos : 

 and each of these Valleys is di versify 'd from all 

 the rest, both by their manner of laying out the 

 Ground, and in Structure and Disposition of its 

 Buildings. 



All the Risings and Hills are sprinkled with 

 Trees ; and particularly with Flowering-trees, which 

 are here very common. The Sides of the Canals, 

 or lesser Streams, are not faced (as they are with us) 

 with smooth Stone, and in a Straight Line ; but 

 look rude and rustic, with different Pieces of Rock, 

 some of which jut out, and others recede inwards ; 

 and are placed with so much Art, that you would 

 take it to be the Work of Nature. In some Parts 

 the Water is wide, in others narrow ; here it ser- 

 pentizes, and there spreads away, as if it was really 

 push'd off by the Hills and Rocks. The Banks 

 are sprinkled with Flowers ; which rise up even 

 thro' the Hollows in the Rock-work, as if they had 

 been produced there naturally. They have a great 

 Variety of them, for every Season of the Year. 



On your Entrance into each Valley, you see its 



