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or acquaintances or else alone, retired from the cares of 

 the world, or apart from company that sometimes may 

 prove burdensome to you, and when your own lassitude 

 or the heat, rain, or scorching beams 

 of the sun render the open walks 

 unpleasant, to repose yourself under 

 some pleasant tree or some covert 

 or shade until you are willing to 

 try the air again." 



A new method of making walks 

 in three divisions was recommended 

 by Worlidge. " The best for winter and wet seasons 

 are those paved with stone, about the breadth of five 

 feet, in the midst of a gravel walk of about five or 

 six foot, gravel on each side of the stone or of grass, 

 which you please. For on these flat stones may you 

 walk securely under foot in all weathers." Walks of 



fine-screened gravel were 

 considered as next best and 

 very ornamental ; they might 

 be bordered with grass " for 

 your use in hot weather." 

 In summer the pleasantest 

 walks underfoot and over- 

 head were those of grass arched over with a cradle alley 

 of pleached trees. 



As there were few verandas of any description, in 



Walks. 



A GARDEN SEAT : CANOMS ASHSY 



